Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 80996.015 - Employee installing pipeline is killed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 80996.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 11/13/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1105630.015	11/13/2015		237110	United Trenching, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on November 13, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a trenching company, was installing sewer pipelines. He was working inside a 21-foot 6-inch trench when a trench wall collapsed. Employee #1 was struck and buried under the falling soil. Employee #1 was killed in the collapse.

Keywords: Buried, Collapse, Construction, Installing, Pipeline, Sewer, Struck By, Trench, Unstable Soil, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition				21	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1105630.015	37	M	Fatality		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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