Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201085123 - Employee Is Injured in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 201085123 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120215579	01/23/2004	1629	238910	Mattos Underground Construction

Abstract: On January 23, 2004, Employee #1, with Mattos Underground Construction, was in a trench, clearing soil away to locate a sewer pipe for the installation of a manhole system. A backhoe and a shovel were being used. When the west wall of the trench caved in, Employee #1 was engulfed. After extrication, he was hospitalized at UMC Hospital in Fresno for rib and lung injuries. The employer did not use any protection system, while Employee #1 was in the trench.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, LUNG, TRENCH, RIB, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, SHOVEL, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		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	120215579			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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