Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165251.015 - Employee is killed when trench caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 165251.015 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 10/21/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1705461.015	10/21/2023		488390	Roswell, City Of, Water Department

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on October 21, 2023, an employee was straddling a water line, taking bolts off of the water line, while inside a trench. The sides of the trench collapsed on top of the employee. The employee was crushed by falling dirt/rock/sand and suffocated. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Bolt, Cave-In, Collapse, Crushed, Suffocated, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1705461.015	20	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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