Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1510451.015 - Weaver Environmental Services, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Birmingham Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1510451.015

Report ID: 0418300

Date Opened: 01/15/2021

Site Address:
Weaver Environmental Services, Inc.
7189 New Life Circle
Huntsville, AL 35806

Mailing Address:
1110 Putman Drive Nw, Huntsville, AL 35816

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

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

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/16/2021

Emphasis: N:Svep, N:Trench

Case Closed: 05/01/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1721379

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2	1				3
Current Violations	2	1				3
Initial Penalty	$15,018	$95,572	$0	$0	$0	$110,590
Current Penalty	$12,014	$76,458	$0	$0	$0	$88,472
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	19260651 I03	07/14/2021	$4,369	$5,461	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260651 K01	07/14/2021	$7,646	$9,557	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	02001	Willful	19260652 A01	07/14/2021	$76,458	$95,572	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 132478.015

Event: 01/15/2021

Employee is killed in trench collapse

At 1:00 p.m. on January 15, 2021, an employee entered a straight walled, thirty-foot long, five to seven-foot high and four to six-foot wide trench to assist three coworkers to install a six-inch PVC sanitary sewer line. Shortly after entering the trench, a section of the northwest wall collapsed and buried the employee. The employee was killed by traumatic asphyxia.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Buried, Collapse, Installing, Pipeline, Sewer, Traumatic, Trench

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1510451.015	56	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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