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Accident: 110723.015 - Employee Is Struck By Automobile And Killed

Accident: 110723.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 06/13/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1323215.01506/14/2018Sfpuc - City Distribution Division
At 2:30 p.m. on June 13, 2018, an employee and coworkers were connecting water p ipe in an excavation. The excavation site was on an inclining street alongside a curb. The excavation was approximately 5 feet wide by 7 feet long by 4 feet dee p. The excavation crew parked a dump truck on the uphill side of the excavation and another one on the downhill side of the excavation to provide protection bar riers from traffic for the plumbers working in and nearby the excavation. Uphill from the excavation was a disabled parked passenger vehicle. A tow truck operat or asked that the uphill dump truck be moved to give access to the disabled vehi cle. The uphill dump truck was moved downhill from the excavation. The disabled car became loose and rolled downhill towards the work crew. The runaway automobi le rolled over the employee. The employee sustained injuries and had difficulty standing up. The employee was taken to a hospital and later died from complicat ions of the injuries.
Keywords: automobile, barrier guard, excavation, plumbing, run over, struck by, tow truck
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1323215.015 34 F Fatality Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

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