Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200515377 - Employee Is Killed in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 200515377 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/12/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315680371	07/13/2011	1794	238910	Rmg Construction Contractors Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315680348	07/13/2011	1794	238910	Metro Building Systems Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315680355	07/13/2011	1794	238910	Superior Excavating
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315680363	07/13/2011	1794	238910	Sub-It Contractors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on July 13, 2011, Employee #1, of RMG Construction Contractors Llc, was performing excavation work at a Public Storage building in Brooklyn Park, MN to fix a lower level water leak. A trench was dug by Superior Excavating, a sub-contractor, with a mini-back hoe to approximately 6 ft deep. Employee #1 and another subcontract employee were taking turns hand digging around the water pipe, trying to reach the bottom of the foundation. The excavated wall of the trench collapsed on Employee #1. The owner of RMG witnessed the cave-in and stated it threw Employee #1 up against the block foundation wall and dirt covered him to around mid-stomach to shoulder level. Employee #1 was not coherent, eventually lost consciousness, and died before he could be removed from the trench.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SHOULDER, COLLAPSE, TRENCH, CAVE-IN, BACKHOE, STOMACH

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315680371	Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2	315680348			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	315680355			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	315680363			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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