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Accident: 660316 - 4 Construction Workers Injured When Stone Wall Fell On Them

**Accident: 660316 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/03/1988**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
102919404	06/03/1988	1623	Silva Construction Company, Incorporated

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PACING IN A TRENCH TO SEE IF THE TRENCH WAS LONG ENOUGH TO INSTALL 8 FOOT PIPES. AS HE WAS WALKING BACK AFTER PACING THE ENTIRE LENGTH A 4 FOOT HIGH STONE WALL, ADJACENT TO THE TRENCH, COLLAPSED ONTO HIM. EMPLOYEES #2 - #4 WERE ASSISTING EMPLOYEE #1 WHEN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE WALL COLLAPSED ONTO THEM. EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEE #4 RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: wall, collapse, pinned, construction, trench, struck by, unstable soil

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	102919404	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	102919404	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	102919404	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
4	102919404	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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