GLENN BURGESS PLUMBING, INC.

Excavation or trenching cave-in - Fractures - HAHIRA, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at GLENN BURGESS PLUMBING, INC. in HAHIRA, Georgia
Employer GLENN BURGESS PLUMBING, INC.
Address 4160 Willow Round Rd, (Private Residence)
City, State ZIP HAHIRA, Georgia 31632
Report ID 20181212595
Event Date December 7, 2018
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Multiple body parts, unspecified
Event Type Excavation or trenching cave-in
Source of Injury Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
Industry (NAICS) 238220
Inspection # 1367711
GPS Coordinates 30.92583, -83.32735

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Incident Narrative

An employee was working to connect a sewer line (sewer tap) to a residential building. The wall of an 8-ft. ditch collapsed and the employee was pushed back against the other wall causing a fractured rib and fractured vertebrae between the shoulder and neck.

Incident Summary

On December 7, 2018, a worker at GLENN BURGESS PLUMBING, INC. in HAHIRA, Georgia suffered fractures to the multiple body parts, unspecified. The incident was classified as excavation or trenching cave-in, with ditches, channels, trenches, excavations identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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