Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170872071 - Employee's lower back injured when partially buried by soil

Accident Summary Nr: 170872071 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 06/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125775114	10/29/1997	1799	0	Scheidt Haydon & Hall, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, who worked for a company installing a sewer line, was inside a steel shield laying 24 in. long concrete pipe when some of the spoils fell in and buried him to between his knees and waist. He pulled himself out, rested during lunch, and returned to work for about two hours. Employee #1 then said that his lower back hurt and he sought medical attention. The doctor told him to take several days off before returning to work. Employee #1 suffered no permanent damage or injuries. The employer had provided proper protection; Employee #1 maintained that the spoils were not at least 2 ft from the edge of the excavation.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125775114			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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