Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360187 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201360187 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 12/21/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301029260	12/21/1996	1623	0	Perma Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 11:50 a.m. on December 21, 1996, Employee #1, age 19, was laying pipe in an approximately 20 ft long by 2 to 3 ft wide by 11 ft deep trench. A section of the bank caved in, and Employee #1 was crushed to death. A coworker in the trench was not injured. The walls were vertical and not shored.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301029260			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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