Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170729438 - Employee injures knee in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170729438 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/31/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119852515	08/31/1993	1623	0	Damon Construction

Abstract: At 2:00 a.m. on August 31, 1993, a trench was being dug in the middle of Central and Harvard Streets in Glendale. Employee #1 was inside the trench installing a 15 inch sewer pipe. The trench was 5 feet wide, 16 feet deep, and was shored with timbers at the bottom. The trench caved in, pinning Employee #1 against the timbered shoring and partially covering him with dirt. Employee #1 suffered a bruised right knee and was taken to the hospital, where he was treated and released.

Keywords: KNEE, INSTALLING, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, CAVE-IN, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119852515			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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