Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202468195 - Worker Injures Back in Fall Into Trench

Accident Summary Nr: 202468195 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 08/21/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312433915	09/03/2009	1799	238990	Hydratec, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:21 a.m. on August 21, 2009, Employee #1, a foreman with Hydratec, Inc., was supervising the installation of irrigation pipe. While installing the pipe, he was supervising a worker in the trench while standing on the edge of the trench, the soil gave way and he fell into the trench. He landed on his back on a 6 inch PVC pipe. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a fracture of the lumbar transverse process at three separate points (L1, L2, and L3).

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, TRENCH, IRRIGATION PIPE, BACK, FALL

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312433915			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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