Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170395735 - Employee injures hip in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170395735 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 08/19/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109872408	08/19/1992	1711	0	Ernst H. Weyand Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 3, 1992, Employee #1 was installing a waterline in an unprotected excavation that was approximately 7 ft deep. Having completed the work, he began to leave the excavation. While he was climbing out, the west excavation face collapsed, pinning him to the east side of the excavation. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a hip injury.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109872408			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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