Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201342599 - Employee Is Killed in Excavation Cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201342599 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/19/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305029530	08/20/2002	1771	0	Haake Foundations, Inc.

Abstract: On August 19, 2002, Employee #1 was in a 9-foot deep excavation removing tabs from a formed wall when the excavation wall caved in on him. He was killed. There was no protective system on the excavation wall.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, HIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305029530			Fatality	Other	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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