Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170134241 - Employee injured in collapse of trench shoring system

Accident Summary Nr: 170134241 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 04/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301237202	04/16/1997	1794	0	Vollmer Excavating Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to install a manhole in a 14 ft deep excavation. He was standing on the outside of an 8 ft trench box end supports. The 6 ft by 10 ft by 1 in. steel plates set up to keep fill material out of the hole failed, and Employee #1's legs became pinned against the box, He sustained crushing injuries to the bones of both legs.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, COLLAPSE, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SHORING, STRUCK BY, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301237202			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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