Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102287.015 - Employee digging trench contracts Valley Fever

Accident Summary Nr: 102287.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 11/01/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1286697.015	01/04/2018		238210	Oliveira-Lucas Enterprises Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on November 1, 2017, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was engaged in digging a trench in preparation for laying an underground electrical power line at a commercial building construction site. He inhaled spores of the coccidiodes immitis fungus that resided in the soil. Employee #1 became ill with the lung infection coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever.

Keywords: Construction, Dust, Dust Inhalation, Elec Utility Work, Infection, Lung, Respiratory Tract, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1286697.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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