Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051191 - Employee Trapped by Excavation Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200051191 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303727440	05/01/2001	1794	0	H.L. Muhlbach Construction

Abstract: On May 1, 2001 Employee #1 was inspecting an excavation. The excavation was approximately 4 ft deep and the same diameter of an average manhole cover. Employee #1 was crouched down in this shallow hole to check the consistency of the soil when the backside of the hole collapsed onto his legs pinning him in the hole. Employee #1 struggled to get free from the hole but was unsuccessful. Employee #1 was trapped for about 6.5 hours before a search was initiated by his spouse. Employee #1 was found after 1 hour of searching and the fire department was summoned. The first responders arrived at the site and found Employee #1 trapped in the hole and covered in water up to his chest. Fire personnel used buckets to remove a majority of the water and then freed Employee #1. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital with circulatory injuries to his lower right leg and subsequent renal failure. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, COLLAPSE, PINNED, KIDNEY, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303727440			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Other

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