Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 112216.015 - Employee is buried and killed when trench wall collapses
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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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.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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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: |