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Accident Summary Nr: 112016.015 - Employee Receives Rib And Vertebrae Fractures In Trench Coll
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1367711.015 | 12/17/2018 | 238220 | Glenn Burgess Plumbing, Inc. |
Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 7, 2018, an employee and two coworkers were working to install a new six-inch sewer connection line to a ten-inch sewer main. Coworker #1 used a backhoe to open a ten foot long by ten foot wide and five and a half foot tall excavation. The employee and coworker #2 worked in the trench to locat e the sewer main. At some point, the west wall of the excavation began to collap se. Coworker #2 was able to exit the excavation safely, but the falling dirt eng ulfed the employee. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to a rib and ver tebrae.
Keywords:
backhoe, collapse, engulfed, excavation, fracture, installing, pipe, rib, sewer, trench, vertebra
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 1 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature of Injury | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1367711.015 | 40 | M | Hospitalized injury | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: |