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Accident Summary Nr: 73831.015 - Worker is struck when removing trench boxes and is injured b

Accident Summary Nr: 73831.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 01/16/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1019896.015	01/21/2015		237110	Nowak Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on January 16, 2015, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a construction company, were working at a power plant. They were removing two trench boxes sitting on top of a stack of boxes, because the stack, which measured 16 feet, was too high for a 13-foot trench. Employee #1 was on the top box and pulling out bolts from a steel plate that held the boxes together. Coworker #1 was operating a Komatsu construction machine. Coworker #1 tapped the box to facilitate removing the plate. The box bound up, slipped, and the Schedule 80 steel pipe spreader bar struck Employee #1's neck and pinned him between two metal bars. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured neck vertebra.

Keywords: Construction, Fracture, Neck, Spreader Bar, Steel Plate, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box, Untrained, Vertebra

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1019896.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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