Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200623239 - Employee is killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 200623239 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 09/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308189901	09/21/2004	1623	237110	Helms Construction Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 6:40 p.m. on September 20, 2004, Employee #1 was inside a trench box after making a connection on a 15-in. storm drain. The trench was approximately 18-ft-deep, 4-ft-wide, and 30-ft-long. When the soil bank caved in, soil flowed into the ends of the box. Employee #1 was engulfed and killed.

Keywords: TRENCH BOX, ASPHYXIATED, TRENCH, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308189901			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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