Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160864.015 - Employee installing pipe is killed when crushed in trench co

Accident Summary Nr: 160864.015 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 10/02/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1701292.015	10/03/2023		561730	Md Nursery & Landscaping Inc.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on October 2, 2023, an employee working as a construction laborer for a landscaping company was using a laser for leveling the bottom of the trench before installing 2-inch irrigation line. The trench collapsed while the employee causing the employee to be buried to his neckline. The employee died after being crushed by dirt and rock in the trench.

Keywords: Collapse, Construction, Crushed, Excavation, Installing, Irrigation Pipe, Laborer, Landscaper, Material Handling, Residential Construction, Rock, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1701292.015	51	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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