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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 142327.015 - Employee Is Killed In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 142327.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 12/29/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1570533.015	12/29/2021		Preferred Plumbing, Inc.

At 12:00 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee worked in an approximately nine- foot-deep trench probing for a stub to tap into a sewer line. At some point, the trench wall collapsed onto the employee, who was killed by crush injuries.

Keywords: collapse, crushed, pipe, sewer, trench, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1570533.015	47	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause:

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