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Accident Summary Nr: 131915.015 - Employee repairing sewer line is killed when trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 131915.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 12/21/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1507732.01512/22/2020237110Nelsen Construction

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on December 21, 2020, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a water and sewer line construction company, were attempting to repair a residential sewer line that was back flowing. While they were in the trench they had dug, a trench wall collapsed. Employee #1 was caught in the collapsing material and fatally crushed.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Blunt force trauma, Buried, Caught In, Crushed, Excavation, Pipeline, Repair, Residential Construction, Sewer, Structural Collapse, Trench, Unguarded, Unprotected, Wall
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling New project or new addition   1 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1507732.015 45 M Fatality Excavating and loading machine operators Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause:

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