Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200330066 - Employee injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 200330066 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 08/25/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113328678	08/27/1997	1711	0	Scott Olson Digging, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on August 25, 1997, Employee #1 and coworkers, of Scott Olson Digging, Inc., were installing a fire hydrant. They were in an approximately 7 ft deep by 6 ft wide trench with nearly vertical side walls when a portion of the trench wall caved in. Employee #1 was partially buried and suffered a separated pelvis and multiple abrasions and lacerations. He was rescued from the trench and transported to a hospital in Sioux Falls.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, LACERATION, ABRASION, PELVIS, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113328678			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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