Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170593917 - Employee buried in excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170593917 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/20/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120131446	09/29/1994	1799	0	Valley Petroleum

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on September 20, 1994, in Calexico, CA, Employee #1 and a coworker were leveling pea gravel with a hand shovel at the bottom of a 15 ft deep by 20 ft wide by 30 ft long excavation that had been created for a 20,000 gallon, 10 ft diameter underground fuel tank. No protective system was in place, and a side of the excavation wall caved in on Employee #1, partially burying him. He was rescued and transported to El Centro Regional Hospital, where he was hospitalized with an acute pelvic fracture and released on September 26, 1994.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120131446			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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