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Accident: 143307.015 - Employee Is Struck By Falling Manhole Cover, Receives Multip
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1575273.015 | 01/27/2022 | J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc. |
At 10:00 a.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee stood in a trench and handed tool s and supplies to a coworker outside the trench. The employee then began to move to another section of trench when an abandoned underground utilities vault expl oded approximately forty-three feet away. The employee began to walk towards the explosion when a manhole cover (approximately two feet in diameter and weighing approximately two hundred pounds) fell and struck the employee. The employee re ceived a laceration to the forehead, lacerations and contusions to the chest, an d severe crushing injuries to two toes on the employee's right foot. The employe e was hospitalized to treat the injuries which included stitches for the forehea d and the amputation of the two crushed toes.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline | New project or new addition | ||||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1575273.015 | 41 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |