Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152081.015 - One employee is killed, another escapes unharmed in trench c

Accident Summary Nr: 152081.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 12/12/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1638873.015	12/12/2022		237110	Rooter Solutions, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 12, 2022, two employees were working in a trench excavation during a sewer line construction project in the front yard of a single family residential structure. Employee #1 and Employee #2, a co-owner of the company, were in the trench at a depth of approximately 7 feet attempting to fix a water line damaged during excavating operations. The employees were working at the bottom of the trench without cave-in protection when the cave-in occurred. Employee #2 was crushed by the soil and killed. Employee #1 was able to escape physically unharmed from the trench cave-in.

Keywords: Cave-In, Crushed, Crushing, Engulfed, Excavation, Installing, Repair, Sewer, Trench, Trench Box, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1638873.015	27	M	Fatality		Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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