Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170564660 - Employee Dies Of Asphyxia In Sewer Manhole

Accident Summary Nr: 170564660 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/09/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302090469	06/09/1998	1611	0	Buffalo Bituminous, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:50 a.m. on June 9, 1998, Employee #1, age 19, entered a sewer manhole. He was overcome by methane gas and died of asphyxia.

Keywords: sewer, asphyxiated, work rules, construction, inhalation, natural gas, gas, chemical vapor, manhole, chemical

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302090469			Fatality	Asphyxia	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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