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Accident Summary Nr: 200772473 - Excavator operator falls into trench suffering minor injury

Accident Summary Nr: 200772473 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 01/15/2003
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30609425101/15/20031623238990Murphy Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: 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 Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Pipeline Maintenance or repair $20,000,000 and over 13

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 306094251 Non Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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