Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14562169 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY STEEL PLATE IN TRENCH

Accident Summary Nr: 14562169 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 01/30/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101535466	01/30/1990	1794	0	Hallen Construction & Guy Pratt, Joint Venture

Abstract: The employee was securing a 7-ft by 12-ft by 1-ft-thick steel plate as part of shoring in a 7-ft-deep trench. The steel plate was lowered into the hole via a backhoe. The employee detached a chain from the top of the plate that was affixed to the backhoe and the plate fell onto the employee, crushing him against a previously installed steel plate and killing him.

Keywords: CHEST, STEEL PLATE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, SHORING, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101535466			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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