Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 17756.015 - Employee Is Killed When Trench Walls Collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 17756.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 05/24/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
445415.015	05/25/2012		238220	Walter H Sharp & Son Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on May 24, 2012, Employee #1 was installing a lateral pipe to a sewer line in an unprotected excavation trench approximately 8 feet deep, 12-14 feet wide and 12 feet long when the walls collapsed. Employee #1 was trapped and killed when the side walls of the trench collapsed on top of him.

Keywords: asphyxiated, caught in, crushing, residential construction, structural collapse, trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	445415.015	1	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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