Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200602282 - One employee died and one injured while working in culvert

Accident Summary Nr: 200602282 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 01/08/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306060658	01/08/2003	1623	237110	Big Creek Construction

Abstract: At approximately 12:55 p.m. on January 8, 2003, Employees #1 and #2, construction workers, along with two coworkers were leveling the bottom of a 10-foot-deep trench. For some reason, the walls collapsed and buried all four workers. Employee #1 and the coworkers were covered to their waist and chest, while Employee #2 was completely buried. Employee #1 and #2 were hospitalized and treated for their injuries. Employee #2 was pronounced dead soon after admittance to the hospital.

Keywords: COVER, COLLAPSE, PINNED, TRENCH, CRUSHED, BURIED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306060658			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2	306060658			Fatality	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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