Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123414.015 - Employee is killed in excavation collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 123414.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 01/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1458155.015	01/24/2020		238210	Triple S Communications, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on January 22, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a telecommunications installation company, was working inside an excavation measuring approximately 3 feet wide, 8 to 10 feet long, and 10 feet deep. He was attempting to connect 2-inch High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) conduit to the bore head of a Ditch Witch Horizonal Directional Drilling Unit, Model JT25, Product Identification Number CMWJT25XTG0000466. The north wall of the excavation collapsed, and the employee was buried. He sustained traumatic asphyxia and was killed.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Buried, Conduit, Construction, Drill Rig--Non-Oil, Excavation, Installing, Structural Collapse, Traumatic, Trench, Wall

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1458155.015	49	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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