Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 903922 - Employee injured in cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 903922 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/12/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108642877	06/15/1990	1799	0	Fleming Excavating Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was attempting to repair a troublesome boring machine at the bottom of an excavation. The excavation measured 32 ft long by 6 ft deep by 8 ft wide at the bottom and was 11 ft wide at the top. He was attempting to bore an 18 in. hole beneath the roadway. Vibrations from either the boring machine or the traffic on the nearby roadway caused a large section of the north bank to cave in. Employee #1 was struck from behind and shoved into the boring machine. He sustained a fracture to his facial bones. Other employees in the excavation were struck but not injured.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, VIBRATIONS, SHORING, STRUCK BY, SLOPING, CAVE-IN, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108642877			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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