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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 109993.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Fractures In Excavation Collapse

**Accident: 109993.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/09/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1352854.015	10/12/2018		Lucas Construction Company

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 an d the manhole and engulfed by the collapsing dirt. Emergency services transport ed 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		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1352854.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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