OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423270
PREFERRED PLUMBING, INC.
GRAIN VALLEY, MO·
Event description
Employee is killed in trench collapse
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 p.m. on December 29, 2021, an employee worked in an approximately nine-foot-deep trench probing for a stub to tap into a sewer line. At some point, the trench wall collapsed onto the employee, who was killed by crush injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 853
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