Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108864.015 - Employee is buried in cave in of excavation and injures spin

Accident Summary Nr: 108864.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 07/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1344061.015	09/05/2018		237110	Total Contracting Ltd.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 6, 2018, an employee entered a four foot deep excavation to remove a forty five degree elbow from a four inch sewer service line. While attempting to remove the elbow, the wall of dirt collapsed onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized due to unspecified injury caused by compression of his lumbar vertebra.

Keywords: Back, Buried, Collapse, Excavation, Pipe, Spine, Vertebra

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1344061.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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