Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201044161 - Worker Is Not Hospitalized Following Trench Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201044161 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 05/12/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313436057	05/13/2009	1711	238220	Prestige Plumbing, Inc.

Abstract: An employee of a plumbing firm was instructed by his foreman to go into an unprotected trench to retrieve a shovel. When the employee entered the trench, the wall of the excavation caved in on him. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, PLUMBING, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313436057			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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