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Inspection: 126764968 - West Jordan City Public Works

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

 

Inspection Nr: 126764968
Report ID: 0854910
Date Opened: 11/19/1996

Site Address:
West Jordan City Public Works
8100 South 1850 West
West Jordan, UT 84088

Mailing Address:
8030 South 400 West, West Jordan, UT 84088

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/20/1996

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: N:Trench

Case Closed: 11/20/1996

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 361535453

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 171054703
Event: 11/19/1996
Employee injured while being lowered into trench box

Employee #1, age 18, of the West Jordan City maintenance department, and two coworkers, of Speck Construction, Inc., were riding a 72 in. manhole cone that was being lowered into a trench box by a backhoe. The men were riding the cone to give it some balance, which it needed because it was missing a chain and bracket. The manhole cone titled while it was being lowered, pinning Employee #1 between a support chain and the cement manhole wall. He sustained multiple serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized. (For information on injuries to the coworkers, see ID # 171054695)

Keywords: CHAIN, WALL, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, HOIST, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, MANHOLE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 126764968 Hospitalized injury Strain/Sprain Construction trades, n.e.c.
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