Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 70702.015 - Pipeline worker is buried when trench collapses and sustains

Accident Summary Nr: 70702.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 01/27/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1021218.015	01/28/2015		237110	Baldauf Excavating Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on January 27, 2015, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by an excavation company, were working in a trench and installing a sewer pipeline. Employee #1 was kneeling down at the forward end of the pipe and positioning it in preparation for stubbing it into another pipe. Coworker #1, positioned at the aft end of the pipe, was ready to stub the pipe. A portion of the trench wall collapsed, burying Employee #1. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was rescued from the collapsed trench. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a small pneumomediastinum, an abnormal presence of air in the middle of the chest, in the space between the two lungs and around the heart. Employee #1 remained hospitalized for one night for observation and then was discharged.

Keywords: Buried, Chest, Collapse, Construction, Excavation, Installing, Lung, Pipeline, Sewer, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1021218.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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