Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801579 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured in Trench Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200801579 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 06/26/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308385319	06/23/2006	1794	238910	Bilsen Engineering, Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing septic lines when the vertical walls of a 7-ft deep trench collapsed. Protective systems were not used. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a broken leg.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, PIPE, SHORING, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308385319			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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