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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 133851.015 - Employee Falls Into Settling Basin And Is Killed

**Accident: 133851.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/08/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1518440.015	03/08/2021		Murray Plumbing And Heating Corporation

At 11:30 a.m. on March 8, 2021, an employee and a coworker worked to adjust a me tal grate cover above a twenty-foot deep settling basin. At some point, the empl oyees lost control of the cover which fell into the basin along with the employe e. The employee was killed by unspecified injuries.

Keywords: cover, fall, fall protection, lost control, pit, sewage

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1518440.015	44	M	Fatality		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	FallDist: 25 FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause:

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