Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121680.015 - Employee fractures ribs and injures lung in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 121680.015 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444286.015	11/12/2019		921190	Town Of Wheatland

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee working as a City Sewage Treatment Plant Operator was installing 8-inch PVC sewer line in a trench. A trench box was available since the trench was approximately 6 feet deep but it was not being used. The sidewall of the trench collapsed on the employee striking the employee and crushing him. The employee fractures all the ribs and sustained injuries to his lung on the right side of his body and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught In, Chest, Competent Person, Construction, Crushing, Excavation, Fracture, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rib, Sewage, Trench, Trench Box, Unstable Soil, Water Treatment Plant

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	1444286.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Water and sewage treatment plant operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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