Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361797 - TRENCH COLLAPSED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING SEWER PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 201361797 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 05/05/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107089849	05/11/1994	1711	0	F. C. Johnson Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was in the process of trying to connect an 8-inch sewer pipe into another sewer pipe. He was working in a trench 14 feet deep and 16 feet long. This trench intersected with another trench that was also 14 feet deep. While trying to complete the pipe connections, the two trenches collapsed at the intersection covering the employee.

Keywords: SEWER, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, TRENCH, PIPE, 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		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	107089849			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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