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Accident Summary Nr: 202443263 - Employee Is Killed in Trench Cave In

Accident Summary Nr: 202443263 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/25/2006
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12594203702/25/20061623237110Atkinson Construction Lp

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on February 25, 2006, Employee #1, a pipe layer, entered an unprotected 33 ft deep trench to unhook the rigging cable from a choker harness from a trench shield, 16 ft long by 15 ft wide by 10 ft high. The trench had approximately 23 ft high walls of granular sand, Type-C soil, on both sides over the wall tops of the trench shield along with the open side at the west end. The wall of the trench caved in, and Employee #1 was buried under dirt and died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, PINNED, TRENCH, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Pipeline New project or new addition $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 125942037 Fatality Asphyxia Construction laborers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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