Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113812.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 113812.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 02/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1380073.015	02/20/2019		237110	Jb&L Utility Contractors

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on February 18, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a water/sewer line construction company, were working inside a trench that measured 7 feet deep, 7 feet wide, and 30 feet long. They were installing fittings to connect a residential sewer line to the main sewer line. The trench was not shored or benched to prevent collapse. A vertical trench wall collapsed, striking and engulfing Employee #1. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of injuries to the lungs, four ribs, and the right shoulder.

Keywords: Caught In, Engulfed, Excavation, Fitting, Fracture, Installing, Lung, Residential Construction, Respiratory, Rib, Sewer, Shoring, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench, Unguarded, Unprotected, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1380073.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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