Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143307.015 - Employee is struck by falling manhole cover, receives multip

Accident Summary Nr: 143307.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 01/27/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1575273.015	01/27/2022		237310	J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee stood in a trench and handed tools 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 exploded 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 received a laceration to the forehead, lacerations and contusions to the chest, and severe crushing injuries to two toes on the employee's right foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat the injuries which included stitches for the forehead and the amputation of the two crushed toes.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Chest, Contusion, Crushing, Explosion, Falling Object, Foot, Forehead, Laceration, Manhole Cover, Struck By, Toe, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1575273.015	41	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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