Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200758027 - One Employee Is Killed and One Is Injured in Trench Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200758027 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 06/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309177004	06/30/2005	1794	238910	The Weitz Company Dba Weitz Golf International

Abstract: At approximately 8:48 a.m. on June 30, 2005, Employees #1 and #2 were working in a trench, installing a reducer pipe, when large chunks of soil fell from the side wall of the trench, striking them. Employee #1 sustained internal injuries and was killed. Employee #2 sustained a fractured leg and was hospitalized. The depth of trench was approximately 7 feet 6 inches with an opening across the top of 9 feet. The employees did not recognize the hazard of water in the trench, the trench not being properly sloped, and the spoil pile less than two feet from the edge of the trench. The company did provide safety orientation training in Spanish to the employees but did not have any other documentation of trench training as required by the company safety program.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, STRUCK BY, SLOPING, LEG, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309177004			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse
2	309177004			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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