Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600476 - Employee killed when crushed between trench box and pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 200600476 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 01/15/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302339395	01/15/1999	1541	0	H.B. Zachry Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was in a trench adjusting a sleeve on a concrete water pipe when the pipe rolled, pinning him against the trench box. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, WATER PIPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		14	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302339395			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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