Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130646.015 - Employee is pulled into sewer line and drowns

Accident Summary Nr: 130646.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497199.015	10/13/2020		237110	Subgrade Specialties, Llc

Abstract: At 2:38 p.m. on October 13, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a water and sewer line construction company, was working on a multi-employer construction project, an underground conduit installation. He was releasing air from a sewer plug when the water back pressure pulled the plug free and yanked the employee into the underground sewer line. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: Caught By, Construction, Drown, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Installing, Pipe Plug, Pipeline, Sewage, Sewer, Undrgrd Installation, Water

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1497199.015	27	M	Fatality		Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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