Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112216.015 - Employee is buried and killed when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 112216.015 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 12/18/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1366919.015	12/18/2018		237110	Pipecon Inc.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on December 18, 2018, an employee was connecting a newly installed manhole to a water utility line. The employee was leaving the trench box when one of the walls collapsed on top of him. The employee was killed from several skull fractures and cranial swelling.

Keywords: Buried, Collapse, Fracture, Skull, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1366919.015	33	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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