Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130303.015 - Employee is killed when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 130303.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497192.015	10/13/2020		237110	Kelchner, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:05 p.m. on October 13, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a water and sewer line construction company, was installing a 42-inch ductile pipe inside two 10 feet by 24 feet stacked trench boxes inside an 18 feet deep trench. The trench wall collapsed, fell through the spreader bar, and struck Employee #1 from behind. The employee's body was forced against the ductile pipe. Employee #1 sustained traumatic injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught In, Cave-In, Construction, Hemorrhage, Installing, Pipe, Pipeline, Spreader Bar, Struck Against, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench, Trench Box, Wall, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1497192.015	43	M	Fatality		Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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