Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99692.015 - Employee is caught in trench collapse and incurs multiple in

Accident Summary Nr: 99692.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 10/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1269277.015	10/06/2017		237310	Norwich, Town Of

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on October 5, 2017, Employee #1, a municipal employee, was engaged in a culvert installation inside a trench. The trench wall caved in, and Employee #1 was struck by and caught in the falling dirt. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple fractured ribs and a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Keywords: Caught In, Cave-In, Collapse, Crushing, Fracture, Knee, Rib, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1269277.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause:

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