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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 106437.015 - Employee Enters Oxygen Deficient Manhole And Is Asphyxiated

**Accident: 106437.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 06/01/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1320667.015	06/01/2018		Southwest Utility Systems Inc.

At 12:20 p.m. on June 1, 2018, an employee was testing a sewer pipe line for lea ks. During testing, the employee entered an oxygen deficient manhole and was asp hyxiated.

Keywords: confined space, manhole, oxygen deficiency, sewer

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1320667.015	53	M	Fatality		Pipelayer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit FatCause:

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