Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201522802 - Employee Is Killed When Trench Walls Collapse

**Accident: 201522802 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 01/10/2007**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310541594	01/10/2007	7997	Tamarack Country Club

On January 10, 2007, Employee #1 was working in a trench, leveling soil, for the installation of a drainage pipe. The trench measured approximately 5 feet wide by 190 feet long by 6 feet deep. As Employee #1 was in the trench the walls collapsed, trapping him beneath the soil. Employee #1 died from asphyxia.

Keywords: chest, asphyxiated, collapse, construction, trench, caught between, unstable soil

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	310541594			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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