Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761555 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170761555 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 11/16/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309063857	11/17/2005	1623	237110	Zehner & Sons Excavating

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on November 16, 2005, Employee #1 was installing rolled flexible 4 in. drain line by dropping it into a 7 ft by 8 in. deep trench as it was being excavated. A coupling was used to connect the end of each roll of drain line to the end of the next roll. The end of an installed roll fell into the trench before it was coupled to a new roll. Employee #1 jumped into the trench to retrieve it, causing the trench wall to cave in on top of him. He died of multiple head trauma.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, HEAD, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309063857			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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