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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 133553.015 - Employee'S Pelvis Is Fractured In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 133553.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 02/03/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1513193.015	02/04/2021		Optimum Utilities, Llc

At 10:15 a.m. on February 3, 2021, Employee #1 was working in a trench and insta lling conduit for a new three-story multifamily residential building. The spoil pile and wall of the trench, composed of rock and soil, collapsed onto the empl oyee. The employee was transported to the hospital and was admitted for treat a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, buried, conduit, excavation, fracture, installing, pelvis, residential construction, rock, structural collapse, trench, trench box, unguarded, unprotected, unstable soil, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1513193.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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