Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200374445 - Employee asphyxiated when ground near trench collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200374445 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/08/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311505341	11/08/2007	1623	237110	Tugaloo Pipeline, Inc

Abstract: On November 8, 2007, Employee #1 was standing on the side of a trench, checking it and the surrounding area for tools and similar items left at the end of the work day. He was standing near the roadway, between the traffic barricades and the trench, when the ground caved in underneath him. Employee #1 was buried under between 8 ft and 15 ft of soil. He died of asphyxia. The trench box was in place at the time of the accident.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED, CAVE-IN, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		24	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311505341			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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