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Accident Summary Nr: 86840.015 - Employee in manhole is asphyxiated by sewer gas

Accident Summary Nr: 86840.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 07/12/2016
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1162801.01507/13/2016237110Garco Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on July 12, 2016, an employee was working for a firm that engaged in water and sewer line and related structures construction. He and some coworkers were going to be working in an active sewer line. He was walking toward the work area. There was a manhole that provided access to the active sewer line. The manhole had been opened to vent out the area in which the workers were going to be working. Apparently the employee was overcome by fumes and fell from a ladder into the manhole. The preliminary determination was that he was asphyxiated.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Confined Space, Construction, Enclosed Space, Fall, Ladder, Manhole, Sewage, Sewer, Toxic Atmosphere, Vapor
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Pipeline Maintenance or repair $250,000 to $500,000 0 0 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1162801.015 50 M Fatality Pipelayer Distance of Fall: 15 feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet
Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite
Fatality Cause:

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