Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167834.015 - Employee dies from multiple injuries in trench wall collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 167834.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 06/25/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1758462.015	06/25/2024		237110	Patriot Paving Group, Llc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on June 25, 2024, an employee working for a paving contractor was in the trench adjusting and preparing to lay a 12-inch culvert for a catch basin The wall adjacent to the trench collapsed on the employee. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Adjust, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Concrete, Crushed, Excavation, Falling Object, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Site Preparation , Soil, Struck By, Trench, Unsafe Position, Unstable Soil, Wall

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1758462.015	67	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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