Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200100816 - Employee killed in trench cave in

Accident Summary Nr: 200100816 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/03/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
118122894	08/03/2000	1623	0	Snyder Excavating Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were in a approximately 15 ft deep trench, installing a new sanitary sewer pipe when the sides caved in. Employee #1 was killed and the coworker sustained minor injuries. No trench safeguards were in use at the time of the accident.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	118122894			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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