Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201158573 - Employee Fractures Leg In Trench Cave In
Accident: 201158573 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/22/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300863917 | 10/22/2003 | 1541 | Gr/Jr Construction | ||||
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on October 22, 2003, Employee #1 was on a construction job site operating a backhoe, digging a trench to expose pipes for inspection. A coworker was on the outer perimeter of the trench providing guidance on where to dig. Employee #1 dug to a depth of approximately 7.3 ft, but the trench was not sloped. The coworker left and Employee #1 entered the trench with a shovel to dig around the pipes. While digging with the shovel, the north wall of the trench collapsed. Employee #1 sustained a fractured leg when he was wedged between the trench wall and the shovel. He was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
excavation, fracture, construction, trench, buried, cave-in, shovel, backhoe, leg
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 1 | 13 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300863917 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Trench collapse |