Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 3850.015 - Employee is engulfed in trench collapse and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 3850.015 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 10/18/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107924.015	10/19/2011		238220	Advantage Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on October 18, 2011, Employee #1 and the owner of the company were in a trench connecting flexible water lines into both a "T" intersect and a water line. The trench that was 9.6 feet deep and two feet wide. The trench did not have a means of protecting employees. No sloping, shoring, shielding, or trench box. The south side wall of the trench collapsed covering Employee #1. Employee #1 suffered internal compression injuries from the weight of the soil and was asphyxiated.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Crushing, Structural Collapse, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		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	107924.015	41	M	Fatality		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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