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Accident: 170840920 - Employee Fractures Pelvis In Trench Cave-In
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 119633741 | 09/16/2004 | 1623 | Preston Pipelines Inc |
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.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 2 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 119633741 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work FatCause: Trench collapse |