Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 91417.015 - Employee Crushed In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 91417.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 12/15/2016**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1197640.015	12/15/2016		Arrow Plumbing Llc And R2 Plumbing Llc

At 11:30 a.m. on December 15, 2016, an employee entered a trench and it collapse d. While digging to find a sewer stub, a backhoe struck a sewer line. The employ ee climbed into the unprotected trench to investigate, the trench collapsed. The employee suffered asphyxia while being crushed by the dirt.

Keywords: asphyxiated, backhoe, construction vehicle, crushing, sewer, trench

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1197640.015	33	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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