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Accident: 114872.015 - Employee Sustains Traumatic Injuries When Buried In Trench C

Accident: 114872.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/05/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1384672.01503/13/2019Superior Facilities Maintenance Services, Llc

At 3:00 p.m. on March 5, 2019, Employee #1 was engaged in maintenance/repair wor k at a commercial construction site. He was connecting lengths of pipe in a tre nch that measured approximately 14 feet deep by 12 feet wide by 20 feet long. T he wall of the trench collapsed, and the employee was buried up to his arm pits. A rescue ensued, and the employee was transported by emergency services to the hospital. He was admitted for treatment of traumatic compression/crushing inju ries.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, buried, construction, crushing, excavation, installing, maintenance, repair, structural collapse, trench, unguarded, unprotected, wall
Accident Details
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other heavy construction Maintenance or repair   0

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1384672.015 27 M Non Hospitalized injury Excavating and loading machine operators FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Trenching, installing pipe
FatCause:

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