Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201162583 - Employee Injured When Wall Collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 201162583 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126061092	03/19/2001	1771	0	Coastal Concrete

Abstract: On March 19, 2001, Employee #1 was performing regularly assigned duties as a laborer. The employees were digging a foundation with a backhoe for construction of a new building on a vacant lot. The excavation was 3-feet-wide and 2.5-feet-deep. It was being dug adjacent to an un-reinforced brick building. The excavation was in sandy dry soil and extended below the foundation of the building. The trench was 84-feet-long and the wall was 18-feet-high. The work had just passed an unsupported portion of the wall where a loading door had been located. The 84-foot by 8-foot section of the wall slid down into the trench and then fell outward. Employee #1 was near the door section. His feet were pinned by the door, causing minor bruising.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, WALL, COLLAPSE, PINNED, TRENCH, BACKHOE, DOOR, CONTUSION, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126061092			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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