Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116515.015 - Employee is injured when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 116515.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/29/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1367612.015	11/29/2018		238110	Andrews Brother Concrete Inc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on November 29, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a concrete construction company, was working in an excavation at a depth of greater than 5 feet during rehabilitation of a single-family residential property. During the drilling process, a portion of the side vertical wall of the trench collapsed and struck the employee. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital for treatment of rib injuries. He remained hospitalized for approximately two weeks.

Keywords: Buried, Concrete, Drill, Excavation, Fracture, Rehabilitation, Renovation, Residential Construction, Rib, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench, Undrgrd Installation, Unprotected, Unsecured, Unstable Soil, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1367612.015	65	M	Hospitalized injury		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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