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Accident: 114922.015 - Employee Receives Fractures To Vertebrae And Pelvis When Tre

**Accident: 114922.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/21/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1388706.015	03/25/2019		Prima Paving Corp.

At 8:00 a.m. on March 21, 2019, an employee worked at the bottom of a seven-foot deep trench to prepare it for a pipe installation. At some point, the trench co llapsed and covered the employee in dirt. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the pelvis and vertebrae.

Keywords: cave-in, collapse, excavator, fracture, installing, pelvis, pipe, trench, unstable soil, vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1388706.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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