Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112081.015 - Employee is trapped and injured when trench collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 112081.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1368083.015	12/18/2018		238220	Tri County Plumbing Heating And Electric

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on December 14, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an HVAC company, was working at a multi-employer construction project, a residential structure. He was inside a trench that was approximately 4.5 feet deep and 3 feet wide and was installing an underground water line. A portion of the trench wall shifted and then collapsed. Employee #1 was caught and trapped in the frozen dirt. Emergency services responded and transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for fractures to the pelvis and thighbone (femur).

Keywords: Caught In, Cave-In, Excavation, Fracture, HVAC, Installing, Leg, Pelvis, Residential Construction, Shoring, Structural Collapse, Thigh, Trench, Unguarded, Unsecured, Wall, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1368083.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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