Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200211480 - Employee Is Killed When Trench Caves-In

Accident Summary Nr: 200211480 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 07/28/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307893594	07/29/2004	1623	237110	Ajcomm Serv Inc Dba Asc Paving

Abstract: Around 3:00 p.m. on July 28, 2004, Employee #1 was inside a trench, which was approximately 85 ft long, 28 ft wide and 25 ft deep. He was finishing up the work of laying a new 8-in. sewer pipe for that day. The employee was outside of the trench box, when the walls of the trench collapsed, burying Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: SEWER, ASPHYXIATED, WALL, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, PIPE, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307893594			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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