Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201494069 - Employee Loses Consciousness When Hit with Falling Dirt

Accident Summary Nr: 201494069 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/15/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120216577	10/05/2010	1794	238910	Mcelvany, Inc.

Abstract: On April 15, 2010, Employee #1 was preparing to install an eight-inch polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe in an open trench. While he was cleaning the end of the pipe to prepare it for gluing a fitting on it, a backhoe was moving around above him and knocked a large clot of dirt on Employee #1, hitting him on his back. Employee #1 lost consciousness and was partially buried by the dirt. Coworkers dug him out to rescue him. Employee #1 was taken to Fresno Community Hospital in Fresno, California for treatment. The injury occurred in a farm field. The employer was an excavation and irrigation pipe contractor.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, TRENCH, UNDRGRD INSTALLATION, PIPE, STRUCK BY, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120216577			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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