Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105437.015 - Employee is killed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 105437.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/09/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1314977.015	05/09/2018		236220	Empire Equipment Service Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on May 9, 2018, Employee #1, a supervisor, was in charge of excavating and installing sewer and water lines at a construction site. He was working with his crew in a 17 foot deep trench. The trench had been benched and sloped for Type B soil, but should have been classified as Type C soil, which other means of guarding the location would have been used. During work, a 30 foot by 4 foot section of the trench began to cave in. Employee #1 was engulfed by the collapsed soil and was killed.

Keywords: Avalanche, Cave-In, Collapse, Excavation, Sewer, Struck By, Trench, Water

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1314977.015	39	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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