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Accident: 126183.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall Into Trench After Being Struck By

**Accident: 126183.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/13/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1475304.015	05/15/2020		Takco, Inc.

At 3:15 p.m. on May 13, 2020, an employee was standing next to a trench. At some point, the asphalt the employee was standing on collapsed and he fell approxima tely four feet. The collapsed pavement landed on top of the employee, fractured his hip and created unspecified internal injuries and bleeding. The employee was killed by his injuries.

Keywords: asphalt, blunt force trauma, collapse, excavation, fall, falling object, fracture, hip, struck by, trench

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition			0	4	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1475304.015	31	M	Fatality		FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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