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Accident Summary Nr: 109911.015 - Employee incurs compression and contusion injuries to hip an

Accident Summary Nr: 109911.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/04/2018
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1344652.01509/04/2018237110L&E Construction Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on September 4, 2018, an employee was working in an approximately twenty foot long by six foot deep by two foot wide trench dug parallel with an existing waterline. The employee was in the trench manually removing dirt from the waterline with a shovel. The previously removed soil collapsed onto the employee and buried the employee up to the hips. The employee was hospitalized for compression and contusion injuries to the hips and legs.

Keywords: Buried, Collapse, Contusion, Hip, Leg, Shovel, Trench
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other building New project or new addition  

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1344652.015 25 F Hospitalized injury Construction laborers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Trenching, installing pipe
Fatality Cause:

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