Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201280369 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201280369 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/29/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300976529	07/29/1998	1623	0	J & R Grading And Pipeline Inc.

Abstract: On July 29, 1998, an employer was installing a curtain drain or French drain to remove a high water table in a septic tank field. The employer dug and left the excavation open. The excavation was 35 inches wide and 320 feet long. The depth of the trench varied from 9 feet to it greatest depth at cave-in of 19-ft., 6-in. The walls were cut in class "C" soil (gravel/sand/silt/and loam) with water in the bottom of the trench. The north wall, 16 feet in length, caved in and trapped Employee #1 in the bottom of the trench. The employee was dead when he was removed by fire rescue members.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, TRENCH, PIPELINE, SHORING, CAVE-IN, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300976529			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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