Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140253.015 - Employee is asphyxiated in trench collapse and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 140253.015 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 05/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1528958.015	05/04/2021		238910	Mickels Landscape, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:36 p.m. on May 4, 2021, an employee worked to expose a pipe on the sidewall of the trench. At some point, the trench collapsed onto the employee, who was asphyxiated and killed.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Pipe, Trench, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1528958.015	46	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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