Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142329.015 - Employee is caught in trench collapse, receives unspecified

Accident Summary Nr: 142329.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570530.015	12/29/2021		238910	Precision Pipe And Grading, Llc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee worked in a six-foot deep by fifty-four-inch-wide trench to install a new forty-foot long by sixteen-inch-wide pipe. At some point, the trench wall collapsed, and the employee was struck by the falling soil. The employee was hospitalized to treat unspecified injuries to the lower body.

Keywords: Caught In, Collapse, Installing, Struck By, Trench, Unstable Soil, Water Pipe

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1570530.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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