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Accident: 200772473 - Excavator Operator Falls Into Trench Suffering Minor Injury

**Accident: 200772473 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 01/15/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
306094251	01/15/2003	1623	Murphy Brothers, Inc.

On January 15, 2003, an operating engineer stepped from his excavator and approached the edge of a 13-foot-deep trench, to speak to the foreman who was working in the trench. The operating engineer slipped on the ice and mud, and fell 13 feet into the trench. The operating engineer was not seriously injured and suffered from contusions and abrasions.

Keywords: excavation, slip, construction, trench, abrasion, excavator, fall, contusion

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		$20,000,000 and over		13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	306094251			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:13 Cause: Excavation FatCause: Fall, other

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