Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 893578 - Employee injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 893578 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/10/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105339592	08/10/1989	1761	0	Parker Roofing

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were installing 4 in. diameter PVC pipe in a trench that measured 10 ft long and 4 ft wide at the base and 6 ft high at the west wall. While Employee #1 was laying the pipe, the wall caved in, pinning his foot against the pipe. He sustained strained tendons in his right foot. Failure to slope the wall of the trench was the main causal factor, along with poor weather conditions.

Keywords: TENDON, INSTALLING, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SLOPING, CAVE-IN, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105339592			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers

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