Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102117.015 - Employee is crushed by trench box steel rod and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 102117.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1277394.015	11/16/2017		237110	Douglas N. Higgins, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on November 15, 2017, an employee was performing work in a trench/excavation. The operator moved the trench box that was inside the trench and two steel road plates located outside the trench box crushed the employee, resulting in a fatality.

Keywords: Crushed, Steel Plate, Struck By, Trench Box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair			0	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1277394.015	26	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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