Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200841088 - Two employees are killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 200841088 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 10/22/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303820757	10/22/2004	1711	238220	Rasler'S Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the owner of Rasler's Plumbing and Heating Company, and Employee #2, a laborer, were installing a sewer line approximately 13 feet 6 inches below grade. The trench was vertical and there was no protective system in use. While the employees were working at a tie-in point, the west wall of the trench sheared and collapsed. Both employees were killed.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303820757			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse
2	303820757			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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