Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 65331.015 - Employee is killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 65331.015 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 07/24/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
986804.015	07/24/2014		236220	Tekton Construction

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on July 24, 2014, Employee #1 was bent over an unprotected trench that measured 8.75 feet deep by 3 feet wide by 75 feet long and sloped 85 degrees. He was attempting to connect a plastic drain pipe into a plastic coupling when the trench collapsed. Employee #1 was buried in the trench and died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Cave-In, Collapse, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	986804.015	24	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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