Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171111404 - Employee Killed in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 171111404 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309067098	06/15/2006	1711	238220	Tank & Piping Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:38 p.m. on June 14, 2006, Employee #1 dug a 7-feet deep trench with vertical walls to install a sanitary sewer line. He cut an L across an existing trench that was back-filled with stone and contained a grease line. There was no protective system in the trench and no protective equipment in use. Employee #1 was serving as the competent person and decided to enter the unprotected trench. The trench caved-in, trapping the employee and causing multiple injuries, including lacerated lungs, broken ribs and a broken shoulder. The cave-in resulted in positional asphyxiation and killed the employee.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, TRENCH, PIPE, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309067098			Fatality	Asphyxia	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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