Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 772343 - Employees injured during trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 772343 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 07/19/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109064964	07/19/1994	1623	0	Ram Engineering & Construction, Inc.

Abstract: An excavation crew was laying an 8 inch sanitary sewer line in a low-lying section of a residential area. The trench was about 11 feet deep in cohesionless sandy soil. The trench was one bucket wide at the bottom and the walls were virtually vertical. Employees #1 and #2 entered the trench to grade the bottom, and to connect a pipe joint with a previously installed pipe. The trench went through a natural underground spring. At the spring, a mass of soil fell out of a wall and onto the two employees. One employee suffered broken ribs, and the other suffered a broken shoulder. Both employees were hospitalized and the event received considerable attention.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, RIB, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109064964			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	109064964			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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