Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920726 - Employee killed when buried in trench

Accident Summary Nr: 200920726 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 03/05/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304778889	03/07/2002	1799	0	Baseline Consultants

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on March 5, 2002, Employee #1 was in a 6-foot-deep by 3.5-foot-wide by 7-foot-long trench obtaining soil samples to determine if the soil was suitable for a septic tank. Three of the trench walls were vertical and the employee had to get on his hands and knees to obtain the soil samples. While working in the bottom of the trench, an equipment operator, who thought they had finished taking the samples on the previous day, pushed soil into the trench, killing Employee #1.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, TRENCH, CRUSHED, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		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	304778889			Fatality	Asphyxia	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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