Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170620728 - Employee injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170620728 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 08/07/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120192679	08/08/1995	1629	0	Siteworks Construction, Inc.

Abstract: The employer, Siteworks Construction, Inc., was digging a trench for drainage piping for a new city park. Employee #1 was in the 4 ft deep trench, checking the grade, when a coworker, the backhoe operator, yelled at him, "Run, run." The north side of the trench caved in and Employee #1 was buried by the dirt up to his waist. Employee #1 was extricated by coworkers and firefighters. He sustained fractures to his pubic bone and sacrum.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, PELVIS, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120192679			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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