Inspection Detail

Inspection: 14648976 - Royal Contracting Co Ltd

Inspection Information - Office: Hi-E-Honolulu

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was standing outside of a 15 ft by 15 ft excavation that had just been backfilled to a depth of approximately 4 ft. The excavation was shored with sheet piles and workers had started to pull these out with a backhoe when Employee #1's shovel accidentally fell in and he jumped in to retrieve it. When he bent down to pick up the shovel, he felt something hit his lower back and he fell forward onto the dirt. Employee #1 remained conscious but he was in pain. The two coworkers who jumped in to help stated that an approximately 1 ft by 1 ft chunk of dirt had fallen off the wall and struck Employee #1 on the lower back. He was admitted to a hospital with fractures of his first and eighth right rib.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT