Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 658351 - Three employees injured when trench wall caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 658351 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 10/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: TRENCH BOX, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
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
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
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

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