Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201111879 - Employee injured when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201111879 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/22/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126027226	04/22/1999	1623	0	Doty Bros. Pipeline Contractors

Abstract: At approximately 4:45 a.m. on April 22, 1999, Employee #1 was inside a shored 17-ft-deep trench using a shovel to prepare the soil wall for additional wood shoring between the hydraulic shores. A section of the wall collapsed and struck his shovel, which then struck his left side. He was evacuated from the trench and was taken to the hospital. Employee #1 was hospitalized for five days with injuries to his left shoulder and leg.

Keywords: SHOULDER, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, STRUCK BY, SHOVEL, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		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	126027226			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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