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Accident Summary Nr: 130303.015 - Employee is killed when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 130303.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/13/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1497192.01510/13/2020237110Kelchner, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:05 p.m. on October 13, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a water and sewer line construction company, was installing a 42-inch ductile pipe inside two 10 feet by 24 feet stacked trench boxes inside an 18 feet deep trench. The trench wall collapsed, fell through the spreader bar, and struck Employee #1 from behind. The employee's body was forced against the ductile pipe. Employee #1 sustained traumatic injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught In, Cave-In, Construction, Hemorrhage, Installing, Pipe, Pipeline, Spreader Bar, Struck Against, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench, Trench Box, Wall, Water Pipe
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Pipeline New project or new addition   X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1497192.015 43 M Fatality Pipelayer Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause:

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