Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143264.015 - Employee is struck and killed by falling concrete pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 143264.015 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 01/31/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1575509.015	01/31/2022		238910	William A. Hazel, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee worked in a twelve-foot-deep trench with sloped sides to install a storm drain system. A coworker, operated an excavator (Volvo EC350EL) to move a concrete pipe (forty-two-inch wide by eight foot long, sixty-nine hundred pounds) from a staging area and into the trench. As the coworker rotated the excavator with the pipe attached to the bucket, the pipe broke free and rolled down the slope of the trench and struck the employee. The employee received blunt force trauma to the torso and legs and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pipe, Drain Pipe, Excavator, Falling Object, Installing, Leg, Operating, Operator, Storm, Struck By, Torso, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1575509.015	52	M	Fatality		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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