Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344603 - Employee injured in trench cave-in, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201344603 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 09/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310780465	09/18/2007	1623	237110	Backhoe Services By Curtis Large

Abstract: At approximately 10:25 a.m. on September 17, 2007, Employee #1 was installing a residential sewer line in a 10 ft by 14 ft deep trench when the west wall caved in, burying him up to his waist. He was rescued and transported to a trauma hospital, where he died on October 3, 2007. The trench had an inadequate benching protective system. At the location of the cave-in, the wall was vertical and unprotected on one side; on the other side, the benching system only went up 6 ft from the bottom of the trench.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310780465			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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