Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170010078 - One employee killed, one injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170010078 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 05/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303440911	05/07/2000	1629	0	Oliphant Golf Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 7, 2000, Employees #1 and #2, were working in a 15 ft wide trench. Employee #1 was checking the grade prior to installing a 10 in. diameter drainage pipe. The nearly vertical trench walls were approximately 15 ft tall on the east side and 17 ft tall on the west side, with an additional 8 ft of spoils on the west side. A portion of the east wall collapsed, burying Employee #1 up to his waist and pinning him against the west wall. He was killed. Employee #2 had been operating the backhoe most of the day; he sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, UNSTABLE SURFACE, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000	1	17	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303440911			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse
2	303440911			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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