Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 707968 - TRENCH COLLAPSED; EMPLOYEE BURIED UP TO HIS WAIST

Accident Summary Nr: 707968 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 06/30/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102037330	07/01/1986	1521	0	Griffith Brothers Co., Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A 5 FOOT DEEP TRENCH WHICH WAS 10 FEET LONG AND 2 FEET WIDE, LOCATED ALONG A CHIMNEY FOOTING. THE SIDE OF THE TRENCH SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AND PUSHED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE CHIMNEY WALL. HE WAS BURIED TO JUST ABOVE HIS WAIST. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. THE SOIL WAS DRY FILL DIRT, WITH MODERATE TO HIGH SAND CONTENT. IT WAS SOFT IN TEXTURE.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAVE-IN, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102037330			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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