Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106322.015 - Employee's hip is fractured when struck by falling trench bo

Accident Summary Nr: 106322.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 06/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1321426.015	06/08/2018		238910	Elite Site Development And Excavating, Inc

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on June 6, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by an excavation and environmental services company, were installing sanitary pipe at the site of a new residential structure. They were inside a trench, and Employee #1 was showing his coworker how to bevel the end of a pipe. An aluminum trench box was sitting on the ground next to the trench. The trench box began to fall. The coworker was able to move out of the way, but Employee #1 was struck and trapped under the falling box. His coworker helped him move from under the box. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a fractured hip.

Keywords: Caught Between, Excavation, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Material Handling, Pipe, Pipeline, Residential Construction, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1321426.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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