Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96156.015 - Employee caught in trench cave-in, and fractures leg

Accident Summary Nr: 96156.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/17/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1233483.015	05/19/2017		237110	Lansing, City Of, Operations & Maintenance Division

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on May 17, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a city maintenance and operations department, was working at a pipeline excavation site. He was about to enter a trench box. As Employee #1 stood between east side of the trench box and the excavation collapsed. Employee #1's body was forced into the trench box, with his right leg pinned outside by a box spreader. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a compound fracture of his right leg that required surgery.

Keywords: Construction, Excavation, Fracture, Leg, Pinned, Pipeline, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1233483.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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