Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201119393 - Employee Is Killed in Excavation Cave In

Accident Summary Nr: 201119393 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 05/31/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126182658	05/31/2005	1623	237110	Brandt Construction

Abstract: At approximately 11:55 a.m. on May 31, 2005, Employee #1, a foreman, was involved in an excavation, a 17-ft deep by 14-ft long by 8-ft wide sewage channel. Employee #1 was hand digging and excavating, when the south end of the hole caved in crushing and killing him. Employee #1 was an employee of the company for 9 years.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, CAVE-IN, SEWAGE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126182658			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Other

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