Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115751.015 - Employee is caught in trench collapse and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 115751.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 04/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1396424.015	04/26/2019		238220	Shane Chambers

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on April 26, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were installing underground plumbing conduit at a multiemployer construction project, a new residential structure. Employee #1 was standing on the street at the edge of an excavation and guiding his coworker, who was operating a backhoe. The street surface collapsed, and Employee #1 dropped into the excavation. The opposite side of the excavation then collapsed, and Employee #1 was buried under the collapsing soil. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Backhoe, Buried, Cave-In, Excavation, Fall, Plumbing, Residential Construction, Structural Collapse, Trench, Undrgrd Installation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1396424.015	36	M	Fatality		Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 0 feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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