Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14336846 - Employee injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14336846 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 09/19/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18340034	09/19/1989	1623	0	Richards Grading, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on August 22, 1989, Employee #1 was preparing to grade the bottom of a trench that was approximately 6 to 8 ft deep and adjacent to an existing sewer line. The trench walls had not been shored or sloped. The trench caved in, partially covering Employee #1 with dirt. He sustained a fractured left ankle, fractured vertebrae, a fractured first rib, and multiple other injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18340034			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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