Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 892380 - TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED IN A TRENCH SIDE WALL CAVE-IN

Accident Summary Nr: 892380 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 09/29/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108416975	09/29/1989	1711	0	Pipeworks Incorporated

Abstract: Two employees were installing 15 inch reinforced concrete pipe for a storm sewer and were working in a trench approximately 80 feet long by 4 feet wide by 7 feet 6 inches deep. No shoring, sloping or other protection was provided. Portions of the near vertical side walls were composed of backfill and a loose shale rock. A 20 feet long by 2 feet wide by 7 feet 6 inches deep portion of one wall failed, pinning both workers from the waist down. The company provided no safety program, no safety inspections, no daily excavation inspections, and no hazard recognition training. The employees believed that it was not necessary to use precautions such as a trench box, unless the trench was over 6 feet in depth.

Keywords: TRENCH, ABRASION, CAVE-IN, SPRAIN, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108416975			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	108416975			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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