Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 150839.015 - Employee drowns in excavated hole

Accident Summary Nr: 150839.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/17/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1630517.015	10/25/2022		238190	Sky Cover, Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on October 17, 2022, an employee was working, sweeping and cleaning around uncovered, five foot deep, excavated holes, that were 18 inches wide when he dropped his phone into one of the holes. The holes where partially filled with water due to rain that occurred the previous evening. The employee bent into the hole to retrieve it and fell in head first. The employee was unable to get himself out of the hole and drowned.

Keywords: Cleaning, Cover, Drown, Drowning, Excavation, Fall, Manhole, Sweeper, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1630517.015	1	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause:

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