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Accident: 802611 - Employee Injured In A Trench Cave-In

Accident: 802611 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 08/24/1989
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10549458708/25/19891623Mcclam & Associates Inc.
Employee #1 survived a collapsed trench. The trench was 18 feet long by 8 feet wide by 8 feet deep. The trench did not have any retainer walls or other support apparatus in place. At the time of the cave-in, the employee was greasing the joint of a pipe to make a coupling. He had a sprained ankle.
Keywords: trench, retaining wall, cave-in
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 105494587 Non Hospitalized injury Other Construction trades, n.e.c.

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