Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 163144.015 - Employee is killed when pinned between trench box and street

Accident Summary Nr: 163144.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/12/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1721046.015	01/12/2024		237110	Western Municipal Construction Of Texas, Llc

Abstract: At 8:55 a.m. on January 12, 2024, an employee was standing between a street rail and a trench box. When the excavator was attempting to pick the trench box up to put into the trench, the road he was on gave way (caved in), and the excavator fell on its side, which pulled the trench box over on its side and pinned the employee between the trench box and the street rail. The employee suffered fatal injuries.

Keywords: Caught Between, Cave-In, Excavator, Guardrail, Pinned, Road, Roll-Over, Trench, Trench Box

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1721046.015	58	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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