Accident Report Detail
Accident: 118226.015 - One Employee Is Killed, Second Is Injured In Trench Collapse
Accident: 118226.015 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 07/23/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1417434.015 | 07/23/2019 | Digges Development Corporation | |||||
At 3:00 p.m. on July 23, 2019, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were installing pipe in an unsecured trench at a resident ial construction site. Employees #1 and #2 were in the trench when a sidewall c ollapsed, trapping both employees. Employee #1 was buried in the collapsed soil and killed by asphyxiation. Employee #2 was rescued and transported to the hos pital, admitted, and treated. | |||||||
Keywords:
asphyxiated, buried, collapse, excavation, laser, manhole, residential construction, respiratory, structural collapse, trench, unsecured, unstable soil, wall
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | X | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1417434.015 | 16 | M | Fatality | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: |