Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201037264 - Employee Is Killed in Excavation Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201037264 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 06/21/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305478786	06/21/2005	1711	238220	A-1 Plumbing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:50 a.m. on June 21, 2005, Employee #1, a plumbing construction supervisor for A1 Plumbing, Inc., was digging in an excavation of previously-disturbed damp class C sandy clay to repair a clogged and leaking sewage pipe under a mobile home. The sheer-sided excavation was not shored and it collapsed on Employee #1. He was buried under 4 feet of dirt and was killed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, SHORING, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305478786			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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