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Accident: 131923.015 - One Employee Is Killed, One Is Hospitalized When Trench Coll
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1507267.015 | 12/18/2020 | Dwyer Plumbing, Inc. |
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 tr ench wall collapsed. Employee #1 was buried and fatally crushed by the collapsi ng 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
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | Maintenance or repair | X | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1507267.015 | 37 | M | Hospitalized injury | Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |
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| 2 | 1507267.015 | 30 | M | Fatality | Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |