Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131923.015 - One employee is killed, one is hospitalized when trench coll

Accident Summary Nr: 131923.015 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 12/18/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507267.015	12/18/2020		238220	Dwyer Plumbing, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on December 18, 2020, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a plumbing company, were working inside a trench in preparation for installing a pipe at a residential property. They were leveling the ground inside the trench when a trench wall collapsed. Employee #1 was buried and fatally crushed by the collapsing dirt. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of injuries sustained in the trench collapse.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Blunt force trauma, Buried, Cave-In, Crushed, Pipe, Repair, Residential Construction, Shoring, Structural Collapse, Trench, Undrgrd Installation, Unguarded, Unprotected, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1507267.015	30	M	Fatality		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:
2	1507267.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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