Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101547.015 - Employee is crushed by a retaining wall and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 101547.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1283555.015	12/15/2017		238110	K-9 Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:51 p.m. on December 15, 2017, an employee was working with three coworkers cutting in a key way and preparing to install forms for retaining wall footings when a section of the wall and the soil behind it collapsed into the trench. The employee was crushed and covered by a concrete retaining wall and soil up to his chest, killing him. Coworkers #1 and #3 escaped from the trench without injuries.

Keywords: Buried, Collapse, Concrete, Crushed, Retaining Wall, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1283555.015	42	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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