Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423270

PREFERRED PLUMBING, INC.

Event
Collapse, Crushed, Pipe, Sewer, Trench, Wall
NAICS
238220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345705339
Employer profile
PREFERRED PLUMBING, INC.
Summary number
221423270
Report ID
0728500
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    853

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