Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200602795 - Employee drowns when trench fills with water

Accident Summary Nr: 200602795 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/17/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307948885	09/17/2004	1623	237110	Id/Guerra, Lp

Abstract: On September 17, 2005, workers were relocating a fire hydrant when a 6-in. valve came off of the main water line. The valve did not have a thrust containment device to hold the 200 psi of water pressure. The 8 ft deep trench quickly filled with water, and Employee #1, a laborer, suffocated in the mud and died.

Keywords: LUNG, SUFFOCATED, TRENCH, CAUGHT BETWEEN, VALVE, DROWN, WATER

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307948885			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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