Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 117032.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Falling Concrete Slab

**Accident: 117032.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/11/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1407404.015	06/11/2019		T.W. Phillips Grading, Inc.

At 11:30 a.m. on June 11, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a constr uction company, were working at an excavation where a pipe would be installed. The coworker was operating an excavator, and Employee #1 was assisting as they s et a precast concrete headwall (retaining wall) inside the excavation. The slab began to lean, and as they corrected its position and reset it, the concrete wa ll broke apart. Employee was killed when parts of the wall struck and crushed h is chest.

Keywords: chest, concrete, concrete slab, construction, crushed, excavation, excavator, falling object, installing, material handling, struck by, trench, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Other			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1407404.015	42	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit FatCause:

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