Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122633.015 - Employee tapping sewer injures leg in trench wall collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 122633.015 -- Report ID: 0454732 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447888.015	11/26/2019		221310	Metropolitan Lynchburg Moore County - Metropolitan Utility Department

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on October 14, 2019, an employee was working in an excavation preparing for a sewer tap. The excavation wall facing collapsed in on the employee. The employee sustained tissue damage to his right lower leg and required medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Collapse, Contusion, Excavation, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Sewer, Trench, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1447888.015	33	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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