Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 67729.015 - Employee is killed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 67729.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/30/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
994488.015	09/09/2014		238220	Joshua Dailey

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 30, 2014, Employee #1 was inside of an unprotected trench that was 12 feet wide by 15 feet long by 10 feet deep. The employee was making a new connection to the city sewer system for a house that was under construction. The walls of the trench caved in, covering Employee #1, asphyxiating and killing him.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Collapse, Pipe, Sewer, Trench, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		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	994488.015	31	M	Fatality		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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