Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119789.015 - Employee is killed when sewer line excavation collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 119789.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1430450.015	09/12/2019		237110	Novak Nurseries Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on September 12, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working inside an excavation at the site of a new residential structure. He was installing a plastic sewer line when the sides of the excavation collapsed. Employee #1 was fully engulfed in the cave-in and was killed.

Keywords: Cave-In, Engulfed, Excavation, Installing, Pipeline, Residential Construction, Sewer, Structural Collapse, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1430450.015	38	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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