Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105590061 - Helper City

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 105590061

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 11/03/1987

Site Address:
Helper City
Ivy Street 1st West
Helper, UT 84526

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 221, Helper, UT 84526

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:9631

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/03/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/09/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360112098

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	CON065202	11/24/1987	11/24/1987	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 709667

Event: 10/29/1987

Employee's back fractured in trench cave-in

Employee #1 was sitting in the bottom of a 32 in. wide trench that was being dug for the installation of a 6 in. PVC sewer line/pipe. The trench was being dug east to west near the center of an asphalt-surfaced street. A backhoe was positioned to excavate the material, which was mostly gravel, sand, and rock. (The area had previously been a river bed.) Employee #1 was pushing on the end of the pipe with his leg when the trench caved in and he was struck by the falling material. He was hospitalized with a broken back. According to a coworker, there was little or no wall. It had fallen away, leaving an overhang of asphalt and exposing 12 to 18 in. of PVC pipe.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, TRENCH, BACK, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105590061			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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