Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117050.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in excavation collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 117050.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1407030.015	06/11/2019		237110	B & R Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on June 11, 2019, Employee #1 was in a 15-foot deep excavation, kneeling down at the end of a pipe and setting a target for the pipe laser prior to the installation of a storm sewer. As he attempted to line up the laser beam, the excavation, consisting of stiff clay, collapsed. Employee #1 was caught in the cave-in. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a shattered pelvis, nine fractured ribs, a fractured shoulder, and a double lung collapse.

Keywords: Caught In, Cave-In, Collapsed lung, Crushed, Excavation, Fracture, Installing, Pelvis, Residential Construction, Rib, Sewer, Shoulder, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1407030.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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