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Accident: 200571487 - Employee Is Killed And Employee Injured In Trench Collapse

Accident: 200571487 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 12/14/2010
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31424292612/14/20101623Eclipse Builders, Incorporated
At approximately 4:10 p.m. on December 14, 2010, two male employees, Employee #1 and Employee #2, worked inside of a trench to install storm water drain pipes. The trench was between 18 and 20 ft deep and 60 ft long. The trench did not have any trench protection. There was no trench box, no benching and no sloping. The trench collapsed. Employee #1 asphyxiated and was killed. Employee #2 was trapped for five hours in the trench and subject to a temperature of 25 degrees during that time. Employee #2 suffered asphyxiation and was hospitalized for his injuries.
Keywords: excavation, trench box, asphyxiated, installing, collapse, drain pipe, work rules, construction, trench, cave-in
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other building New project or new addition $50,000 to $250,000 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 314242926 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage
FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2 314242926 Fatality Asphyxia Occupation not reported FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage
FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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