Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055700 - Employee injured when excavation face caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 171055700 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/19/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126781111	11/19/1997	1542	0	Big-D Const

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a crew attempting to shore an unstable wall of an excavation. The soil on the face gave way and sheered off the plywood at the bottom brace, burying Employee #1. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED, CAVE-IN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126781111			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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