Accident Report Fatal Fact No. 39
Accident Type: Asphyxiation
Type of Operation: Boring, Jacking
Employee Job Title: Laborer Age 23 Male
Experience at this Type of Work 1 day
An employee sitting in a looped chain was lowered approximately 17 feet into a 21-foot deep manhole. Twenty seconds later he started gasping for air and fell from the chain seat face down into the accumulated water at the bottom of the manhole. An autopsy