Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200623619 - Cave-In Kills Construction Worker

Accident Summary Nr: 200623619 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 12/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309634178	12/01/2005	1771	238110	Mountain States Contractors Llc

Abstract: On December 1, 2005, a construction worker was performing concrete formwork on the foundation of a building. As he was working, one wall of the excavation collapsed and the construction worker was engulfed and killed by the falling earth.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, EXCAVATION, SAND, WALL, COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309634178			Fatality	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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