Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115698.015 - Employee is killed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 115698.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1395796.015	04/24/2019		541320	Great Scapes Of Utah

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on April 24, 2019, Employee #1 was assisting in an excavation with a Kubota Excavator. The employee was attempting to locate a conduit. As he entered the excavation with hand tools, the spoils pile collapsed onto the employee, trapping him in the trench. Employee #1 was asphyxiated due to weight of soil and died.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Buried, Collapse, Excavation, Trench

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1395796.015	53	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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