Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115204.015 - Employee is buried in trench collapse and receives contusion

Accident Summary Nr: 115204.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 04/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1391874.015	04/09/2019		238220	Gary'S Plumbing Llc

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on April 8, 2019, an employee entered a trench (approximately fifty feet long, nine feet deep and seven feet wide) to assist in installing sewer pipes. As the employee walked down the trench, as section collapsed onto and buried the employee. A coworker dug the employee out to their torso and called for emergency services, who completed the rescue and transported the employee to the hospital. The employee was treated for multiple contusions.

Keywords: Buried, Collapse, Contusion, Installing, Pipe, Sewer, Trench, Unstable Soil

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1391874.015	23	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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