Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165541.015 - Employee dies due to drowning when water fills excavation

Accident Summary Nr: 165541.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 04/01/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1739483.015	04/01/2024		237110	John Williams

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on April 1, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a water and sewer line construction contractor was part of a crew assigned to remove a fire hydrant from an open water main valve. The employee was loosening the nuts that secure the connection between the hydrant and the water main isolation valve when. Water under high pressure suddenly discharged from the line and rapidly filled the excavation. The employee was trapped and died due to drowning.

Keywords: Construction, Drown, Drowning, Excavation, Flying Object, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Open Valve, Removal, Removing, Trapped, Water, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1739483.015	52	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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