Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202463642 - Employees Are Injured in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 202463642 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300834546	06/22/2006	1794	238910	Professional Pipeline Contractors

Abstract: On June 22, 2006, Employees #1 and #2, with Professional Pipeline Contractors (a construction company that provided grading and pipeline site development) were inside an excavation (approximately 27 ft long, 3 to 15 ft wide, and 11 ft deep) repairing a leaking sewer connection. While they were breaking up the pipe and loading the pieces into a backhoe loader bucket, the southwest side of the trench caved in and trapped them. The loader operator and other workers assisted Employees #1 and #2 from the trench. They were hospitalized at Holy Cross Hospital for back fractures and spine injuries.

Keywords: LEAK, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, REPAIR, TRENCH, BACK, PIPELINE, CAVE-IN, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300834546			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse
2	300834546			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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