Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119641.015 - Employee Incurs Contusions And Lacerations When Pinned After

Accident Summary Nr: 119641.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 08/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428451.015	08/29/2019		238910	Lanham Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on August 29, 2019, Employee #1 was working at the site of a multifamily residential structure. He was using a shovel to dig out soil from a trench in preparation for waterproofing. The trench dimensions were 17 feet long by 80 inches wide by 72 inches deep, with a spoil pile of 4 feet placed next to the trench. The employee was working at a depth of 5 feet 6 inches when the side of the trench behind him separated and pinned the employee to the building's foundation wall. No PPE or cave-in protection was being used. Employee # 1 was hospitalized to treat contusions to the legs and hand, hand and knee lacerations, and leg pain.

Keywords: abrasion, brick, caught in, cave-in, contusion, excavation, hand, knee, laceration, leg, maintenance, ppe, pinned, rehabilitation, repair, residential construction, rock, sand, structural collapse, trench, trench box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair				10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1428451.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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