Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200211308 - Employee is killed when trench collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200211308 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 06/02/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306690090	06/03/2003	1623	237110	M F Site Construction.,Inc.

Abstract: On June 2, 2003, Employee #1 and the rest of the crew were installing a sewer line 8 in. outer diameter by 13 ft long in a 13-ft-deep trench provided with a trench box. A water line above the two crewmen ruptured and the water was getting in the trench. The excavator operator decided to get the men out, pulled out the trench box, and got Employee #1 to shut the water off. The foreman's plan was to backfill the trench to repair the water line which was 2 ft below ground and above the working men in the trench. The crew went to drink water and the excavator operator told the men not to get inside the trench. As they were drinking water one of the employees yelled that the trench had collapsed on Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: SEVERED, EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, WATER PIPE, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000		13	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306690090			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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