Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123551.015 - Employee fractures leg laying cable when trench caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 123551.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1459191.015	01/28/2020		221122	Florida Progress, Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on January 22, 2020 , an employee was working in an unprotected trench laying power lines when the trench collapsed on him. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to both his tibia and fibula.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Caught In, Competent Person, Construction, Electric Cable, Excavation, Falling Object, Fracture, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Leg, Obstructed Egress, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Power Lines, Protective Clothing, Safety Device, Shoring, Sloping, Struck By, Supervision, Tibia, Trench, Undrgrd Installation, Undrgrd Power Line, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1459191.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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