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Accident: 131217.015 - Employee Is Killed During Trench Collapse
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1503096.015 | 11/18/2020 | D&H Excavating, Inc |
At 4:30 p.m. on November 18, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction excav ation company, was working on a pipeline installation project. He was in a tren ch and tightening bolts on an end cap. A section of the trench sidewall collaps ed and struck the employee, causing him to fall and strike his head on a plumbin g valve. The employee sustained blunt force traumatic injury to his head and wa s killed.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, brain, cave-in, construction, excavation, head, skull, struck against, struck by, structural collapse, trench, unprotected, valve, wall
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipeline | New project or new addition | X | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1503096.015 | 25 | M | Fatality | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |