Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200783405 - Employee Is Buried And Asphyxiated In A Trench Collapse
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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307487793 | 12/15/2004 | 1623 | Site Concrete, Inc. |
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on December 15, 2004, Employee #1 and his coworkers were measuring the depth of a 23-ft. excavation where a manhole was positioned. Employee #1 was buried, when the East wall of the excavation containing a large boulder collapsed on top of him. Employee #1's body was not retrieved from the excavation until the next day. At the time of the incident, there were no trench boxes being used in the excavation, and the walls of the excavation had not been sloped or shored.
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
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Excavation, landfill | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | X |
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 307487793 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Trench collapse |