Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120420.015 - Employee fractures vertebrae in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 120420.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 10/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435555.015	10/02/2019		237110	Ballard Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on October 1, 2019, an employee was working in a trench measuring the grade when a section of the trench wall collapsed on him. The employee was hospitalized to treat three fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Crushed, Crushing, Engulfed, Fracture, Trench, Trench Box, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1435555.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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