Accident Report Detail
Accident: 117818.015 - Employee Is Buried, Killed When Trench Wall Collapses
Accident: 117818.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/08/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1413676.015 | 07/09/2019 | Rhobina Electric, Inc | |||||
At 2:30 p.m. on July 8, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a water treatment plant. He was standing at the bottom of a 10-foot deep trench and preparing to install a section of sewer pipe that measured 8 inches by 14 feet. The north wall of the trench collapsed, and Employee #1 was completed buried. Employee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
structural collapse, buried, construction, collapse, wall, pipe, trench, sewer
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Sewer/water treatment plant | New project or new addition | 0 | 9 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1413676.015 | 52 | M | Fatality | Other | Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters |