Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96757.015 - Employee is asphyxiated inside manhole and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 96757.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/16/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1243748.015	01/16/2017		237110	Douglas N. Higgins Inc; Mckenna Contracting Llc; Dba D.N. Higgins

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on January 16, 2017, an employee was descending a ladder into a manhole to repair a leaking pipe. The employee was overcome by gasses inside the manhole and was asphyxiated by hydrogen sulfide and methane gas.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Confined Space, Hydrogen Sulfide, Manhole, Methane

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1243748.015	34	M	Fatality	Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:
2	1243748.015	24	M	Fatality	Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:
3	1243748.015	49	M	Fatality	Pipelayer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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