Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507732.015	12/22/2020		237110	Nelsen 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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