Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131217.015 - Employee is killed during trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 131217.015 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 11/18/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1503096.015	11/18/2020		238910	D&H Excavating, Inc

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on November 18, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction excavation company, was working on a pipeline installation project. He was in a trench and tightening bolts on an end cap. A section of the trench sidewall collapsed and struck the employee, causing him to fall and strike his head on a plumbing valve. The employee sustained blunt force traumatic injury to his head and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Cave-In, Construction, Excavation, Head, Skull, Struck Against, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench, Unprotected, Valve, Wall

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	1503096.015	25	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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