Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 61352.015 - Employee crushed by a manhole frame is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 61352.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 05/05/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
975589.015	05/05/2014		237110	Guyer Brothers Incorporated

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on May 5, 2014, an employee was installing 8" sewer lines and a manhole frame. The chain attached to the manhole frame was being released and the excavator was moving. The chain got caught on the riser of the manhole frame and slid off, crushing the employee between the manhole frame and the wall of the excavation thus killing the employee.

Keywords: Crane, Crushed, Manhole

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	975589.015	31	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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