Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109993.015 - Employee incurs multiple fractures in excavation collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 109993.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/09/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1352854.015	10/12/2018		237110	Lucas Construction Company

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on October 9, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working inside an excavation and connecting a pipe to a new manhole. The wall of the excavation collapsed, and Employee #1 was pinned between the pipe and the manhole and engulfed by the collapsing dirt. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for fractures to multiple ribs, his shoulder, and a wrist.

Keywords: Caught Between, Cave-In, Construction, Engulfed, Excavation, Fracture, Installing, Manhole, Pinned, Pipe, Rib, Shoulder, Structural Collapse, Trench, Wall, Wrist

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	1352854.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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