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Accident Summary Nr: 169563.015 - Employee dies from crush injuries when caught in trench coll
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1771062.015 | 08/22/2024 | 236220 | Dillard Construction, Inc. |
Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on August 22, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was working in a 9-foot deep by 5.5-feet wide by 34-foot-long trench. The employee was working on a crew that was installing an 18-inch concrete pipe for storm water drainage. The employee was using hand tools to moving gravel to grade to level the 18-inch concrete pipe in the trench. A wall of the trench collapsed crushing the employee under the falling soil. The employee died as a result of his injuries.
Keywords:
Collapse, Concrete Pipe, Construction, Crushed, Drain Pipe, Excavation, Hand Tool, Installing, Laborer, Material Handling, Pipe, Soil, Torso, Trench, Trench Box, Unstable Soil, Wrong Equipment
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New project or new addition | X | ||||||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1771062.015 | 36 | M | Fatality | Construction Laborer | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: |