Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127348.015 - Trench collapse causes excavator to strike employee leading

Accident Summary Nr: 127348.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 06/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1481191.015	06/29/2020		237130	Telco Supply Company

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on June 20, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a power infrastructure contractor. Employee #1 was installing telecommunications lines when the trench walls collapsed, causing the excavator to fall into the trench and striking employee. Employee #1 suffered fractures of the ribs and vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Collapse, Communication, Excavation, Excavator, Fracture, Installing, Lumbar Fracture, Lumbar Injury, Rib, Struck Against, Struck By, Telecom Work, Trench

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1481191.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Communications equipment operators, n.e.c.

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