Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101788.015 - Employee is covered in a trench cave-in and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 101788.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 12/28/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1285365.015	12/28/2017		238910	Jk Excavating & Utilities, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:49 a.m. on December 28, 2017, an employee was working inside an 8 foot trench box located in a trench that was 16 feet deep when the trench wall caved-in and trapped the employee inside the box. A coworker removed the trench box and the employee was covered by a second cave-in. The employee was killed from asphyxia.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Buried, Cave-In, Trench, Trench Box

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1285365.015	25	M	Fatality		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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