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Accident: 200612141 - Employee Is Injured In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 200612141 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 05/30/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309551695	05/30/2006	1623	George E Merrill & Son, Inc.

On May 30, 2006, Employee #1 was working in a trench that was between 4 and 6 feet in depth with approximately 1 to 2 feet of standing ground water, making a waterline service connection for the future residential house on the site. The wall of the trench collapsed, he was buried up to his middle thigh.

Keywords: collapse, work rules, construction, trench, cave-in, sprain

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	309551695			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Trench collapse

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