Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14548556 - Employee injured when buried in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14548556 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 04/12/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14675169	04/15/1985	1623	0	Haitsuka Brothers Ltd

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on April 12, 1985, Employee #1 and a coworker were attempting to break up and remove a bed of rocks located at the bottom of an approximately 3 ft 5 in. wide by 17 ft deep by 38 ft long sewer line trench when the east wall caved in. Employee #1, who was running to the escape the falling bank, was buried under at least 5 ft of dirt for about five minutes. He sustained hypoxia, a brain injury, a fractured scapula and a possible injury to his right eye. The coworker was not injured. The trench walls were neither sloped nor shored.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14675169			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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