Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1507732.015 - Nelsen Construction

Inspection Information - Office: Sioux Falls Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1507732.015

Report ID: 0830400

Date Opened: 12/22/2020

Site Address:
Nelsen Construction
4649 Coal Bank Drive
Rapid City, SD 57701

Mailing Address:
6612 Greenfield Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 237110/Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/22/2020

Emphasis: N:Trench

Case Closed: 05/21/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1710619
Inspection	1507723	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 131915.015

Event: 12/21/2020

Employee repairing sewer line is killed when trench collapse

At 4:00 p.m. on December 21, 2020, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a water and sewer line construction company, were attempting to repair a residential sewer line that was back flowing. While they were in the trench they had dug, a trench wall collapsed. Employee #1 was caught in the collapsing material and fatally crushed.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Blunt force trauma, Buried, Caught In, Crushed, Excavation, Pipeline, Repair, Residential Construction, Sewer, Structural Collapse, Trench, Unguarded, Unprotected, Wall

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1507732.015	45	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators

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