Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 660415 - Employee's hip fractured by trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 660415 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107442857	06/11/1991	1623	0	P.J. Hayes, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing 12 in. ductile iron water pipe in a 5 ft 9 in. deep by 3 ft wide by 36 ft long trench. There was no shoring or other protective device used to prevent a collapse of the side walls. The trench was located in an asphalt-covered roadway. When the trench collapsed, a 30 ft long section of asphalt fell into the trench, striking the employee on his right hip and causing a fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, FALLING OBJECT, HIP, ASPHALT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107442857			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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