Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200923324 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Trench Box Wall

Accident Summary Nr: 200923324 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 02/25/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309892826	02/25/2006	1794	238910	Rice Contracting Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on February 25, 2006, Employee #1 and two coworkers were instructed to assembly a trench box. One side wall of the trench box was on its side with the spreaders in place. The bucket of a tracked excavator-backhoe was being used to lift the second side onto the first. Employee #1 and a coworker were installing the safety pins on the spreaders when the excavator operator noticed the trench box wall was sliding off of the bucket. The operator yelled, and the coworker was able to get out of the way. Employee #1 was struck and killed.

Keywords: CHEST, ASPHYXIATED, TRENCH, CRUSHED, EXCAVATOR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309892826			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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