Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170840920 - Employee Fractures Pelvis in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 170840920 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/15/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119633741	09/16/2004	1623	237110	Preston Pipelines Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:50 p.m. on September 15, 2004, Employee #1 was working for an employer that was constructing 4-inch and 6-inch sanitary sewer lines and a manhole at a commercial building under construction. Employee #1 was checking the grade as the foreman dug a trench with a backhoe. Just before quitting time, the foreman went to park the backhoe. Employee #1 saw what he thought was a problem with an exposed plastic electrical conduit and jumped into the unshored trench to check it out. The south wall of the 5 foot 10 inch trench that was resting on sandfill around the round, plastic conduits, caved in. Large chunks of engineered fill material pinned Employee #1 against the north wall, crushing him and fracturing his pelvis in five places. The foreman and two other employees in the area pulled him out of the trench. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: SEWER, FRACTURE, CONDUIT, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, CAVE-IN, MANHOLE, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119633741			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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