Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139937.015 - Employee breaks collarbone when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 139937.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 09/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1552551.015	09/09/2021		221310	Tanto Irrigation, Llc

Abstract: At 8:25 a.m. on September 4, 2021, an employee working for an irrigation systems contractor was working on a golf course work site near the pump house. The employee was investigating an unknown object in a trench while the excavator was still digging the trench. The wall of the trench collapsed burying the employee to his chest. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured collarbone, requiring surgery.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Buried, Caught In, Chest, Collapse, Collarbone, Construction, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Excavation, Fracture, Installing, Irrigation Equipment, Irrigation Pipe, Lack of Engineering Controls, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Soil, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box, Undrgrd Installation, Unsafe Position, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Other				6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1552551.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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