Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200571487 - Employee Is Killed and Employee Injured in Trench Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200571487 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 12/14/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314242926	12/14/2010	1623	237110	Eclipse Builders, Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 4:10 p.m. on December 14, 2010, two male employees, Employee #1 and Employee #2, worked inside of a trench to install storm water drain pipes. The trench was between 18 and 20 ft deep and 60 ft long. The trench did not have any trench protection. There was no trench box, no benching and no sloping. The trench collapsed. Employee #1 asphyxiated and was killed. Employee #2 was trapped for five hours in the trench and subject to a temperature of 25 degrees during that time. Employee #2 suffered asphyxiation and was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, ASPHYXIATED, INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, DRAIN PIPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		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	314242926			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2	314242926			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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