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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 123250.015 - One Employee Is Killed, Two Are Injured In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 123250.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/15/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1456618.015	01/15/2020	1711	144495 - Chris Plott

On January 15, 2020, Employees #1, #2, and #3, employed by a plumbing company, w ere working in the bottom of a trench and installing a manhole boot. The trench , which measured 23 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 12 feet deep, collapsed. Emplo yee #1 was engulfed and killed. Employee #2, buried to the waist, and Employee #3, buried to the chest, were extricated. The two surviving employees were tran sported to the hospital and admitted for treatment.

Keywords: buried, construction, engulfed, excavation, installing, manhole, plumbing, structural collapse, trench, unsecured, unstable soil

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Occupation
1	1456618.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury	Occupation not reported
2	1456618.015	43	M	Fatality	Occupation not reported
3	1456618.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury	Occupation not reported

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