Accident Report Detail

Accident: 138895.015 - Employee Is Killed In Trench Wall Collapse

**Accident: 138895.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/07/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1551677.015	09/07/2021		Castillo Excavating, Inc.

At 12:08 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee worked in a trench to replace an existing sewer line. At some point, the trench wall collapsed and buried the em ployee, who was killed by asphyxiation.

Keywords: asphyxiated, buried, collapse, installing, pipe, sewer, trench, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation				8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1551677.015	87	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause:

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