Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103401.015 - Employee is killed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 103401.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 02/26/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1297581.015	02/26/2018		237110	Tooma Enterprises Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on February 26, 2018, an employee was working in a trench to cap off a building sewer line. The trench measured 9 feet wide by 12 feet deep and its sides were not unsupported. During work, the trench collapsed and trapped the employee beneath the caved-in walls. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Buried, Collapse, Crushed, Suffocated, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1297581.015	39	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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