Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130071.015 - Employee is killed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 130071.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 10/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495752.015	10/05/2020		238910	Dos Amigos Lc

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on October 3, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multi-employer construction project, a new development of residential townhouses. He had been working in a trench that lacked shoring and a trench box. As he walked out of the trench, the trench collapsed. Employee #1 was caught in the cave-in of sand and road base material. He sustained crushing injuries to his abdomen and lower body and was killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Cave-In, Construction, Crushed, Excavation, Road, Sand, Shoring, Structural Collapse, Torso, Trench, Trench Box, Unsecured, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1495752.015	36	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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