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Accident Summary Nr: 170715734 - EMPLOYEE BURIED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN

Accident Summary Nr: 170715734 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 09/17/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119881332	09/17/1993	1711	0	A2z Plumbing Services

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A HAND-DUG TRENCH WITH VERTICAL WALLS AND NO TYPE OF SHORING WHEN A CAVE-IN OCCURRED, BURYING THE EMPLOYEE UP TO THE NECK WITH EARTHEN MATERIAL. THE TRENCH WAS APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET DEEP AND AS NARROW AS 14 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS, MAKING ACCESS VERY RESTRICTIVE FOR THE RESCUE PARTY (CONSISTING OF THE FIRE DEPARMENT AND PARAMEDICS). PROTECTIVE SHORING WAS INSTALLED BY THE RESCUE PARTY AND THE TRAPPED EMPLOYEE HAD TO BE UNCOVERED, DIGGING WITH SMALL HAND UTENSILS. THE RESCUE WAS COMPLETED AFTER 9 1/2 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS EFFORT BY ALL PARTIES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, SANTA ANA, CA, FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND ADMITTED FOR A FRACTURED PELVIS AND HIP.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119881332			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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