Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200910446 - Employee Is Killed in Embankment Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200910446 -- Report ID: 0215300 -- Event Date: 08/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306190901	08/23/2006	1629	238910	Apex Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: On August 22, 2006, Employee #1 was using a Komatsu 200 trackhoe to clear the base of an earth embankment that was approximately 30 to 40 ft high. When the earth embankment collapsed, the trackhoe and Employee #1 were buried. He was killed.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, COLLAPSE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, UNSTABLE SURFACE, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306190901			Fatality	Other	Heavy equipment mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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