Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200926434 - Employee Is Buried in Trench, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200926434 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 09/20/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316736149	09/24/2012	1711	238220	Capital Mechanical, Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316736131	09/21/2012	1521	236115	Lennar
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316736156	09/20/2012	1711	238220	Mechanicsville Backhoe, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316736164	09/25/2012	4212	484110	Jenny'S Hauling

Abstract: On September 20, 2012, Employee #1 was having 57 stones delivered and dumped onto sewer laterals to close the trenches. The employee had a coworker, truck driver, back the truck up to the front of the trench, and start unloading. Employee #1 was standing near the rear of the truck during the operation, and was in view of the coworker. The employee was signaling to the coworker to dump the stones. The coworker observed Employee #1 jump into the trench and immediately lowered the dump bed and pulled the truck forward. Another coworker went to the trench to help the employee get out of the trench, but found him completely covered with stones. The coworker started yelling for help. Another coworker, pumper driver, from across the street and a coworker, a drywall installer, from the next house jumped into the trench to uncover Employee #1, while the GC called Emergency Medical Service. The pumper driver stated that he heard muffled speech coming from the employee when he first got into the trench but that shortly stopped the employee was not uncovered by the time the JCC Fire and Rescue Department arrived at the site. Employee #1 stopped breathing while in the trench and his heart had stopped by the time he was extracted. The JCC Fire and Rescue Department respondent administered CPR and his pulse was restarted. Employee #1 was transported to Williamsburg Regional Hospital, where the employee died in the Trauma Center the following afternoon.

Keywords: TRENCH, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, DUMPER, FALL, BURIED, DUMP TRUCK BED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316736149			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	316736131			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	316736156	Fatality	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
4	316736164			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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