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Accident Summary Nr: 14400865 - EMPLOYEE ASPHYXIATED IN MANHOLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14400865 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 06/06/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101067742	06/06/1986	1623	0	Cullum Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF MARKING THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF EACH OF THE FEEDER LINES (10 INCH SEWERLINE) AT EACH MANHOLE ON LAKESIDE CIRCLE DRIVE, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 MARKED THE FIRST TWO LINES WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE THIRD MANHOLE THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL SEWER LINE TO BE MARKED. THE DIRECTION OF THE ADDITIONAL LINE WAS NOT OBVIOUS, SO EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE MANHOLE TO VISUALLY OBSERVE ITS DIRECTION OF FLOW. EMPLOYEE #1 SUDDENLY CALLED FOR HELP. EMPLOYEE #2 ENTERED THE MANHOLE AND BOTH EMPLOYEES PASSED OUT DUE TO A LACK OF OXYGEN. EMPLOYEES #3, #4 AND #5 ALSO ATTEMPTED RESCUES AND PASSED OUT DUE TO A LACK OF OXYGEN.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, RESPIRATORY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, AIR MONITORING, MANHOLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101067742	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	101067742	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	101067742	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
4	101067742	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
5	101067742	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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