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Accident Summary Nr: 124877.015 - Employee fractures right tibia and breaks left tibias when t

Accident Summary Nr: 124877.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 02/12/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1462883.015	02/13/2020		238910	2 Kuz & Landon Septic Service Llc

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on February 12, 2020, an employee, working for a contractor, was digging a steel sewer pipe outside of the trench box. While the employee was standing outside of the trench box, the side of the trench wall collapsed onto the employee fracturing the right tibia and breaking the left tibia. The employee was hospitalized and treated for the injuries.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Caught Between, Collapse, Fracture, Sewer, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1462883.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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