Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201371218 - Two employees killed when trapped under collapsed barn wall

Accident Summary Nr: 201371218 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 07/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310230016	08/10/2007	1751	238130	Sugar Valley Builders

Abstract: On July 31, 2007, Employee #1 and Employee #2, age 15, were installing posts and a beam along the inside front wall of a barn. The beam was being installed to hold up the floor joists. A coworker working for the barn's owner was dumping backfill stone into the space between the excavation and the front wall. The coworker had dumped three truckloads (approximately 60 tons) of the stone into the space on the previous Monday. On Tuesday morning, he dumped an additional two loads, then a third load, which he pushed into place using a Bobcat. Shortly after pushing the third load of stone into the excavated space, the wall collapsed into the basement, burying and trapping Employees #1 and #2. Emergency Services was called and Clinton County Emergency Management came on the scene to assist with incident command. The Clinton County Coroner and Deputy Coroner were also there. Employees #1 and #2 were killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALL, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, BRACING, BURIED, COMMUNICATION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310230016			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	310230016			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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