Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-13	Mckinney	Tx	Garney Holding Company	Ankle(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
A Garney Holding Company employee was helping maneuver an 84-inch pipe being installed in a 14-foot trench excavation. The employee was using PVC tubing to tilt the pipe downward to cross under a utility line; the tubing lost contact with the pipe, causing the employee to slide downward and make contact with the pipe, then the bottom of the trench. The employee's right ankle was broken.
2021-11-06	Monroe City	Mo	TODD CREASON CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On November 6, 2021, an employee was spray painting a petroleum pipeline for rust prevention. The pipeline is supported by wood log cribbing and subject to move when the temperature rises. The pipeline fell and pinned the employee down in the excavation. The employee sustained several broken ribs, breathing obstruction, contusion, and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-26	Aurora	Il	Whelan Security of Illinois	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was conducting his security rounds when he fell into an excavation.
2021-09-21	Trout Run	Pa	Newpark Industrial Solutions	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was folding soil matting in preparation for excavation and land reclamation when he was struck by a rubber-tracked skid steer. The employee was hospitalized with two fractures to the right leg.
2021-09-13	Mahomet	Il	Anderson Brothers 3, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Employees were using an excavator to dig an excavation for a water line. The excavator bucket swung and struck an employee in the right side resulting in broken ribs and other injuries requiring hospitalization.
2021-09-07	Bay Head	Nj	PKF Mark III, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee had been backfilling a previous excavation. As the employee walked along the duct bank, a portion of a steel support plate shifted and crushed the employee's leg. The employee's left femur was fractured.
2021-08-09	Boise	Id	Brooks Excavation, LLC	Leg(s)	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was operating an excavator when it fell over the edge of a seepage bed excavation, landing 12 feet below. The employee suffered fractures to the left leg, as well as a forehead injury (from the excavator's cracked windshield) that required stitches.
2021-07-28	Fayetteville	Nc	NG Companies	Arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
On July 28, 2021, an NG Companies employee was about to transfer mud to a bore pit. He had put the hydro excavation truck in position for the debris transfer and prepared it. When he opened a knife valve, hot water sprayed through the flange onto him, causing second-degree burns to his face, right arm, and right hand; a third-degree burn to part of the right arm; and a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-17	Houston	Tx	Main Lane Industries, LLC	Leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was working in a trench excavation. A section of the excavation began to collapse, and the employee's leg was struck and broken by the falling soil as he tried to get out. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-15	Fort Meade	Md	Kirila Earthworks, Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been excavating and setting shoring for the excavation. He lost consciousness and was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.
2021-06-24	Lake George	Ny	Blue Heron Construction Company, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was directing an operator in setting a catch basin at an excavation site when the catch basin hit an excavation wall and one of the chains came loose, allowing the catch basin to fall approximately 3 feet onto the employee's leg. The employee suffered a fractured leg that required hospitalization.
2021-06-22	Boise	Id	Boise Crane, Equipment & Trucking, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee tripped on a river rock and fell into a shallow excavation, suffering a broken leg.
2021-06-12	Chillicothe	Il	SNC Solutions, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was seated on a rebar mat that was at the bottom of an approximately 8 foot deep excavation. The employee was removing dirt by hand, next to the west wall of the excavation. A portion of the soil wall collapsed onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with displaced vertebrae.
2021-06-10	Kyle	Tx	Joe Bland Construction, L.P.	Multiple body parts	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
Two employees were in an excavation with benching, installing conduit along its entire length. The trench collapsed and the bench wall struck one of the employees. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and rib fractures on both sides, as well as internal injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-08	Morristown	Nj	The Napp-Grecco Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was cleaning up a work area after conducting pipeline construction and excavation operations. The employee developed severe leg cramps and was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress.
2021-06-01	Cornwall	Ny	D'Annunzio & Sons Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was assembling a slide rail system and had an interior panel installed into the soil when the panel dropped 2 feet, causing him to lose balance and fall into the excavation. The employee suffered contusions.
2021-03-16	Mc Clellandtown	Pa	Bella Enterprises, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was walking along the edge of an excavation while the bucket was being changed on the excavator. The quick coupler slipped while releasing the bucket and the bucket slid down the spoil pile, knocking the employee into the ditch. The employee sustained a fractured bone in their back.
2021-03-12	West Monroe	La	Graphic Packaging International	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was switching valves on a pump in the recovery boiler area. While en route to the equipment, the employee entered an area where excavation work was being performed and that was flooded with 6 inches of cloudy water. The employee stepped into an inspection port that was waist high and sustained burns to the lower body from a hot water mixture.
2020-10-12	Kissimmee	Fl	Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc.	Leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
A crew was digging with a rubber-tired backhoe to raise a valve can. The excavation was approximately 3.5 feet deep. Dirt from one side of the excavation collapsed into the hole and pinned the injured employee's leg against the existing utility in the excavation. The employee was hospitalized for a broken leg.
2020-09-09	New Haven	Ct	NPL Construction Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On September 9, 2020, an employee was attempting to start a vibrating tamper in order to continue compacting backfill material in a completed excavation. The employee pulled the starter cord multiple times. After the pull which started the engine, the pull cord of the vibrating tamper did not recoil correctly. The employee gathered the excess cord in his left hand in order to prevent an additional slip, trip, or fall hazard. When he engaged the throttle of the machine with his right hand, the pu
2020-06-29	Mexico Beach	Florida	Southern Blue Construction inc	Multiple body parts	Excavation or trenching cave-in
At 1:45 p.m. on June 29, 2020, an employee was installing plumbing at the bottom of an excavation, about 5-7 feet deep, when the side of the excavation collapsed and fell on him. He suffered fractures to the ribs, collarbone, and pelvis and was hospitalized.
2020-06-19	Manchester	Missouri	JAN X-RAY	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee exited his truck to assess the job site and work to be done. When he reached the edge of the area excavated for the work, the ground gave way causing him to fall into the excavation. The employee was impaled by a piece of rebar. It entered his left armpit and went through his chest muscles and up to his collar bone area.
2020-05-22	El Paso	Texas	Bain Construction	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
After disconnecting a clevis from an excavation bucket, an employee bent down to pick up a stack when the excavator operator turned the excavator. The bucket then hit the employee in the head, causing a neck fracture.
2020-05-21	Kutztown	Pennsylvania	Terra Structures	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting a soil nail to remove a whaler from an excavation protective system when the whaler tipped over onto him. The employee suffered a spinal injury and was hospitalized.
2020-05-07	Bismarck	Arkansas	McInnis Brothers Construction, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Employees were lowering the bottom half of a distribution box into an excavation when the shackles became caught on the notch outs. The load was re-rigged with wire to allow the box to be completely set into place. One of the shackles was stuck and the injured employee was trying to get it to break free. The wire broke before the shackle could be released, allowing the load to drop on the employee's foot and partially amputate the employee's left big toe.
2020-04-13	Richardson	Texas	PCI Construction Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was in an excavation about 15 feet deep, probing with a probe bar to find an existing sewer pipe. Part of a step fell and hit him on the knee, causing him to fall. He suffered injuries to his knee and two left-side ribs.
2020-04-01	Irving	Texas	SAI Construction	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Two employees were digging and dewatering an excavation when one of them came into contact with a live underground power line. One employee suffered an electric shock and left hand burns; the other was also shocked. Both employees were hospitalized.
2020-03-12	Cincinnati	Ohio	Queen City Mechanicals, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing a ladder to leave an excavation. A strap broke from the ladder and the employee fell to the ground at the bottom of the excavation, suffering a broken leg.
2020-03-11	Catarina	Texas	Flowfect Inc	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee assisting in hydro-excavation operations sustained injuries to the left foot from a pressure washer being operated by another employee. The injured employee sustained lacerations on the left foot a few inches above the ankle and between the little toe and the fourth toe.
2020-02-25	Wilmington	Delaware	Brandywine Construction Company, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was standing in the excavation area around a gas main at night signaling the excavator operator when the excavator bucket struck the employee's right foot causing four dislocated toes and tendon and ligament damage that required surgery.
2019-09-06	Pottstown	Pennsylvania	Henkels and McCoy	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a digging bar to break rock that was preventing a trench box from fitting into an excavation. The tool caused a compound fracture to the employee's ring finger.
2019-08-03	Port Jervis	New York	D.A. Collins Construction Co, Inc	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was cutting 10-inch-wide, 1,600-pound concrete piles from inside a 15-foot-deep excavation. A pile fell on him, breaking his back, pelvis/hip, and upper and lower leg.
2019-07-18	Wyoming	Ohio	COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee had been setting up a steel plate to cover an excavation. The employee signaled the excavator operator to move the plate using an attached chain. The employee's left hand became caught in the chain resulting in amputation of multiple fingers.
2019-07-01	Cincinnati	Ohio	Smith & Brown Contractors, Inc.	Brain	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee working inside a trench box located in a 9' deep excavation slipped and fell, hitting his head on the trench box spreader bar and suffering a head injury.
2019-06-07	Oneonta	New York	BURRELL'S EXCAVATING, INC.	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was standing in an excavation when a capped, abandoned-in-place, 12" cast iron water line became pressurized and pushed out of the ground, striking and pinning the employee's leg against the cut end of another pipe. The employee's leg was severely crushed.
2019-05-11	Jay	Florida	FIS Field Services, LLC.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was setting up a board over a 3-foot deep excavation so that he could access the control valve to stop a leak. The employee fell into the excavation that was filled with hot water and suffered burns to the feet, leg and knee.
2019-05-10	Rapid City	South Dakota	Lind Exco, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assisting in the removal of a trench box from an excavation. The employee noted that a rigging hook was stuck on a corner of the trench box and went to unlatch it. At the same time, the excavator operator lifted the rigging and the employee's middle finger was caught between the rigging and the trench box resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-04-25	Richmond	Texas	Principal Services, Ltd.	Brain	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working inside a 14-foot excavation laying pipeline when a clog of dirt (football size) hit his shoulder. He turned around and ran, then hit his head on an excavator bucket. He was hospitalized with a severe head injury and concussion.
2019-03-28	Jacksonville	Florida	Prince Contracting, LLC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
The injured employee was supervising another employee who was operating a track skid steer loader during a backfilling excavation. The operator lost control of the skid steer and rotated toward the injured employee's path, striking him on the chest with the bucket. He suffered five to seven broken ribs and a possible collapsed lung.
2019-03-21	Brooklyn	New York	Prima Paving Corp.	Multiple body parts	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was standing in a 6.5- to 7-foot deep excavation preparing to install a plastic drainage pipe when part of one excavation wall caved in, burying the lower half of the employee's body in dirt. A large chunk of dirt also rolled against his upper body. He was hospitalized with fractures to the pelvis and several vertebrae.
2019-01-25	Christiana	Delaware	Carrow Construction, LLC	Leg(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was standing on the bank of an excavation. The side of the excavation gave way and the employee fell in. Concrete pieces fell on top of him and he sustained a broken leg.
2019-01-08	Baytown	Texas	Corrpro Co Inc	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While running wires at the bottom of an excavation, an employee slipped on clay and fell resulting in a broken right tibia.
2018-09-04	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	REPUBLIC ROOFING & INSULATION CONTRACTORS LLC	Leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
Two employees were working from an aerial lift to install insulation within the interior walls and roof of an aviation hangar. The lift operator drove it into an existing two-foot deep excavation causing the lift to tip over. Both employees fell out of the lift basket onto the concrete hangar floor. One employee was hospitalized for multiple leg fractures. Both employees were wearing a personal fall arrest system at the time of the incident.
2018-07-24	The Colony	Texas	New Beginnings Steel Erection	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee fell into an excavation. The employee was in the excavation for about an hour and suffered dehydration, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-06	Houston	Texas	Total Contracting Ltd.	Lumbar region	Excavation or trenching cave-in
On July 6, 2018, an employee was installing pipe in an excavation four feet deep. The walls collapsed and the employee was struck by falling rock and dirt, suffering a compression of the L2 vertebra.
2018-06-02	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Pacesetter Personnel Service of Florida, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
The injured employee and another employee were removing a water pump and moving hoses when the ground they were standing on gave way. The injured employee fell forward into the excavation and directly onto the form beam sustaining injuries to the left side of their chest including broken ribs.
2018-05-21	Port Chester	New York	Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a jackhammer to break rock in an excavation when a section of asphalt (approximately 2 feet by 2 feet by 8 inches) broke away and struck his left leg, fracturing his tibia. Person protection equipment was worn at the time.
2018-05-10	Kermit	Texas	Willow Creek Companies, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working in a 4-foot-deep excavation applying epoxy to welds when the employee became ill with heat cramps. The employee was hospitalized for heat exposure.
2018-05-09	Bayside	New York	Con Edison	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee became ill after repairing a gas valve in an excavation.
2018-04-19	New York	New York	Danella Construction Corporation of NY	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was setting up the excavation with lamp light and fell into the excavation after his glasses fogged up. The employee sustained a fractured rib.
2018-03-27	Yonkers	New York	V. Civitano Landscaping, LTD.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was working inside an excavation when a loose rock (1.5 feet in diameter) rolled into the excavation and struck the employee on the back.
2018-03-07	Chicago	Illinois	Meade Electric Company, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing a gas service/main and was in a trench standing on the gas main to push it down. His hand was on the lip of the excavation while an excavator operator was moving a road plate several inches. The operator put the road plate down, catching and breaking the employee's thumb between the excavation lip and the road plate.
2018-02-21	Cumming	Georgia	ECS Management, LLC	Brain	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was removing forms inside an excavation around the concrete foundation of a residential home. The excavated vertical wall caved in, trapping the employee. The employee sustained a concussion and was hospitalized. Rain was a contributing factor.
2018-02-01	Omaha	Nebraska	Roto Rooter	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was setting up the warning fence around the top of an excavation when he stepped back and fell into the trench striking his head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion.
2018-01-10	Chappaqua	New York	Montesano Brothers Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
At approximately 8:00 a.m., on 1/10/2018, an employee was signaling an excavator operator who could not see the bottom grade of a box trench to dig farther when he fell approximately 8 feet into the excavation, fracturing a bone in his neck and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-09-22	Sunnyside	New York	Posillico Civil, Inc.	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating construction equipment to back fill an excavation. As he was backing up near a ventilator wall, his left leg was pinned between the wall and equipment, breaking it.
2017-09-22	Uniontown	Pennsylvania	Lee's Plumbing & Excavating, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was on top of the bank of an excavation when it collapsed, breaking his vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-13	Hawley	Pennsylvania	Shaw Pipeline Services, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was at the top of a fixed ladder mounted on the interior of a 10-foot deep trench box. It was raining and the employee's feet and the ladder were wet. The employee slipped off the ladder and fell onto his back on the plywood flooring of the excavation, sustaining a back injury.
2017-08-28	Orlando	Florida	MWH Constructors, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was working inside a 10 to 12 feet deep excavation for the installation of a new underground pipe. He was standing inside the trench box (12 feet high x 8 feet long x 20 feet wide) when the excavation soil sheared off and hit him from behind at the calf level. The dirt pushed him forward and fractured his right ankle.
2017-08-03	Moscow	Idaho	Motley-Motley Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee was operating an excavation compaction roller up the side of a hill when his roller began losing traction and spun out, causing him to fall out of the vehicle. The roller landed on top of him, pinning and crushing him underneath.
2017-06-27	Westerville	Ohio	Corna Kokosing	Upper and lower limb(s)	Struck by other falling powered vehicle
Employees were pouring concrete footings for a support on a second story school expansion. Two employees were using a concrete buggy to dump concrete. While they were raising the dump into position, the buggy tilted forward and tipped into the footing excavation. The injured employee was pinned between the buggy and excavation wall, suffering left arm and leg fractures.
2017-06-21	Mc Donald	Pennsylvania	JOSEPH B. FAY COMPANY	Multiple body parts	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was inside an excavation that only had one side sloped to grade and the other side was 9 to 10 feet high. Part of the excavation's high wall collapsed and struck the employee. The employee sustained a broken left metatarsal, humerus, and vertebrae.
2017-06-09	Orlando	Florida	MWH Constructors	Nonclassifiable	Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c.
An employee was working in a trench box at an excavation site. When he exited the trench box, he sunk into mud up to his knee, suffering possible muscle trauma requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-23	Emery	South Dakota	First Dakota Enterprise, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee had entered an excavation to remove misaligned sewer piping when the trench collapsed on the employee. The employee was bruised and required hospitalization.
2017-05-03	Pecos	Texas	Caprock Midstream	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was inspecting an excavation on his knees. When he tried to stand up, he slipped and fell 8 feet into the excavation, hitting his head on a pipe. He was hospitalized with a head injury.
2017-02-02	Richmond	Texas	LEM Construction Company, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was working in an excavation, tightening flange bolts on a pipe, while an excavator operator was changing the excavator bucket nearby. The bucket came loose, hit the ground, and rolled approximately 10 feet into the excavation, striking the employee and pinning him underneath it. He suffered a lower leg injury.
2017-01-25	Rosenberg	Texas	Digco Utility Services	Upper and lower limb(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
The injured employee was standing at the edge of an excavation when an excavator hit a natural gas line while digging resulting in a fire. The injured employee suffered first degree burns to the lower right arm and thigh.
2016-10-10	Pennsboro	West Virgini	High Point Construction Goup LLC	Multiple body parts	Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
On October 10, 2016, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an employee was helping to remove a light plant generator from an excavation. A 9-foot chain was attached to telehandler forks and the light plant was lifted from the excavation and transported to a flatbed pickup truck located below a power line. While standing on the ground, the employee used his hand to guide the light plant onto the 4' high flatbed. The telehandler forks made contact with the overhead 7,200-volt line. The employee received sec
2016-09-18	Commerce City	Colorado	Cheaper Rooter	Pelvis	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was digging an excavation when the excavation collapsed on the employee. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
2016-09-15	Broomfield	Colorado	Xtreme Xcavating	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was setting aluminum shoring for excavation using a hydraulic shoring machine when his finger was pinched inside the shoring. His right-hand middle fingertip was amputated.
2016-09-08	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	Soukup Construction, Inc.	Groin	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was shoveling an excavation wall next to a roller when the roller slid down and pinned his leg, causing injuries.
2016-08-24	East Hartford	Connecticut	Northeast Contractors, Inc	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An excavator was lifting a compactor out of an excavation. The cable that was used to lift the compactor slipped and an employee was repositioning the cable when his finger was caught between the cable and the compactor resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2016-08-12	Grand Prairie	Texas	MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was signaling a backhoe while doing excavation. His hand was holding onto a chain that was attached to a trench box and the backhoe. He signaled the backhoe, which moved the trench box. When the weight shifted, the employee's hand was pinched by the chain, avulsing and fracturing his left ring finger.
2016-07-18	Allen	Texas	KCK Utility Construction, Inc.	Jaw, chin	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a trackhoe while working in an excavation resulting in a chest contusion and chin laceration.
2016-06-27	Hillsdale	New Jersey	Henkels & McCoy, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell into an excavation and broke his femur.
2016-03-14	Kissimmee	Florida	Swell Construction Group Inc.	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was working in an excavation when he was hit by a front loader on both ankles. Both ankles fractured and required hospitalization.
2016-02-09	Pembroke Pines	Florida	BONNESS, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
While an employee was laying pipe, a piece of 36" concrete pipe became disconnected from an excavator. The pipe rolled down the slope of the excavation and up against the employee, striking and breaking his lower left leg bones.
2016-01-09	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	City Plumbing Heating and Drain Services	Leg(s)	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was coring through a sewer while working in a 15-foot deep excavation. The employee's leg got trapped by debris outside of a trench shield, resulting in a lower limb injury.
2015-10-09	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Walsh Construction Company	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was struck by a light pole during an excavation operation resulting in a back injury.
2015-09-10	Broussard	Louisiana	WHC Energy Services, LLC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on top of an excavation area flagging a trench box in when the ground gave way. The employee fell inside the trench, hitting the left side of his head and back, breaking four ribs, and bruising his head.
2015-08-16	Ocoee	Florida	Lane Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On 08/16/2015, an employee was installing highway drainage pipes inside an excavation. A slab of asphalt that was next to the pipe trench broke loose and slid into the excavation, catching his fingers between the slab and the trench bottom. His left index finger at the knuckle and left thumb at the first joint were fully amputated at the hospital.
2015-08-06	Chicago	Illinois	PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
On August 6, 2015, an employee working on a gas leak inside of an excavation was bitten by an unknown insect on the right elbow. As the day continued the bite are became swollen and painful. The employee was admitted into the hospital. On August 10, 2015 a portion of the bite area was removed by doctors.
2015-05-26	Centennial	Colorado	HUDICK EXCAVATING, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were working in an excavation placing concrete with a bucket attached to an excavator when the bucket fell from the excavator, striking both of them.
2015-05-22	Amherst	Massachusett	SCHNABEL FOUNDATION COMPANY	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was clearing the bottom of an underpinning excavation when the ceiling collapsed and he became pinned under a large granite rock from the old foundation they were underpinning. The employee was hospitalized and received surgery to repair broken bones in his back.
2015-04-23	Houston	Texas	Texas Sterling Construction, LP	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was in a 14-foot excavation installing a concrete box culvert. As he was climbing out of the culvert, he fell approximately 3 feet and broke his right femur. He was hospitalized.
2015-04-01	Gainesville	Florida	All Florida Electric Co., Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
A crew of four employees was waiting for a concrete truck to arrive at the site to fill the excavation. The crew found that a water reclamation pipe had a leak and sprayed water onto the 4-foot-high excavation wall. Some of the dirt fell back into the excavation, so the injured employee entered the excavation to shovel it out. While he was in the excavation, additional dirt and a piece of parking lot asphalt collapsed into the excavation and struck him.
2015-03-16	Kenosha	Wisconsin	Reesman's Excavating & Grading, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell into an active excavation. The crew was setting trench boxes while the employee stood beside one of them. As the operator attempted to position the box, it dropped approximately 3 feet, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall into the excavation. The employee sustained serious injuries: a dislocated shoulder, a small chip in a bone, and a slight crack in his pelvis.
2015-02-10	Pecos	Texas	Barrilleaux Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Employee lost his footing and fell into a 3-feet, 10-inches excavation, causing injuries that resulted in hospitalization.
2015-02-08	Orla	Texas	J&H Services Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall to lower level
Employee stepped off of excavation equipment and broke his knee.