Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201680618 - Soil technician suffers leg injury in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201680618 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 04/27/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303696496	04/28/2001	8711	0	Alaska Test Lab

Abstract: A soil technician received multiple fractures to his lower right leg during a trench cave-in. The employee was walking down a dirt ramp while accessing a trench box at the bottom of a 15-foot-deep trench. The victim entered the trench in order to conduct soil compaction tests, and was injured when the trench caved in.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRENCH BOX, RAMP, TRENCH, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303696496			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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