Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202362364 - Employee Is Injured in Trench Cave In

Accident Summary Nr: 202362364 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310690847	12/18/2006	1711	238220	Scardina Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Abstract: On December 18, 2006, Employee #1 was standing in a section of a trench that was 4 ft deep. He was instructed by his foreman, and the equipment operator, to climb onto the bucket of the back hoe, a John Deere. Employee #1 was lowered down into the section of the trench that was approximately 12 ft deep at its deepest point. Employee #1 was looking for the cleanout using a shovel to poke the ground when the trench walls collapsed. He was quickly uncovered by his coworkers, and he was raised up out of the trench by the back hoe that he was still standing on. Employee #1 received injuries to his ribs and left leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, RIB, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, BACKHOE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310690847			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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