Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200451391 - Employee is killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 200451391 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 02/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306905886	02/01/2004	1794	238910	Jerry Johnson Excavating

Abstract: Employee #1 was in a 13- to 15-foot trench that was 26 inches wide and he was installing an 8-inch sewer pipe. He and a coworker had just connected a 14-foot section of sewer line and the coworker left the trench to start an excavator to dig additional length of trench. The coworker had just gotten out of the trench when he noticed one wall of the trench start to slide. He yelled to Employee #1 to move but it was too late. Employee #1 was pinned against the wall of the trench and was killed.

Keywords: SEWER, TRENCH BOX, INSTALLING, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, PIPE, SHORING, CAVE-IN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306905886			Fatality	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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