Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100187 - EMPLOYEE FATALLY INJURED- EXCAVATION JOB CAVE-IN

Accident Summary Nr: 201100187 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 03/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125668202	03/04/1997	1794	0	Tenney Construction Co Inc

Abstract: A small employer was doing an excavation job for a drain pipe. Employee #1 worked as a laborer for the company. Employee #1 was in the excavation doing a grade check when one side of the excavation caved-in. Employee #1 was fatally injured. The General Manager was in the excavation assisting Employee #1 with the grade check. The General Manager made it out of the excavation without injury. The excavation was 10 feet deep and was not shored or sloped.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, DRAIN PIPE, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125668202			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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