Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1344652.015	09/04/2018		237110	L&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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