Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201064342 - Employee injures hip in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201064342 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/05/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300786514	07/06/2001	1542	0	Encompass

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on an excavation site, digging for a sewer line connection. He and other employees were installing speed shores from the top, as an excavator operator dug the excavation. When the excavator hit something in the trench, Employee #1 jumped into the trench to see what the excavator had hit. Because the excavation in that area had not been shored yet, one section caved in on top of Employee #1. He was buried up to his waist. He was rescued, and hospitalized for a fractured hip.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CAVE-IN, HIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300786514			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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