Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201283330 - Sewer Worker Is Killed in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 201283330 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 10/23/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314205873	10/24/2010	1711	238220	Universal Plumbing Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were clearing and spotting sewer pipes with shovels in a trench approximately 5 1/2 feet in depth when the trench collapsed. One of the workers was killed when the cave-in buried him.

Keywords: SEWER, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, PIPE, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		5	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314205873			Fatality	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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