Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201780103 - Employee killed when trench wall collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 201780103 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 01/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
117951491	01/06/1999	1623	0	B & B Plumbing, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:10 p.m. on January 2, 1999, an plumber was attempting to remove a 6-in.-diameter sewer line that was partially embedded in a Class C soil wall of a 79-ft-long by 9-ft-wide by 9-ft-deep trench. One of the trench walls collapsed, burying and killing the employee.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, TRENCH, CRUSHED, PLUMBING, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	117951491			Fatality	Asphyxia	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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