Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 658351 - Three employees injured when trench wall caves in
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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109856369 | 10/30/1998 | 1542 | 0 | Soneco Northeast Construction Company |
Abstract: Employee #1 was connecting water main sections in a 7 ft deep trench when the trench wall collapsed and buried him to his waist. Employees #2 and #3 had begun to dig him out when another section of the wall collapsed on top of them. All three employees sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The trench was neither guarded and nor shored.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Highway, road, street | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 109856369 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse |
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2 | 109856369 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse |
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3 | 109856369 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse |