Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 77829.015 - Employee is killed in trench cave in

Accident Summary Nr: 77829.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/26/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1075233.015	06/26/2015		238220	Speck Plumbing And Heating

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on June 26, 2015, Employee #1 was in an unprotected excavation measuring approximately 20 foot long by 6 foot wide with varying depths of 6 to 10 feet. He was to locate and terminate a sanitary sewer line which was in the deepest area of the trench. The trench collapsed and covered him from his chest down. Employee #1 died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Asphyxiated, Cave-In, Construction vehicle, Crushing, Digger/Derrick, Ladder, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1075233.015	33	M	Fatality		Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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