Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201402864 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201402864 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 04/28/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127071256	04/29/1999	1794	0	Preferred Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 while installing a 4-in. water line in the 7-ft-deep by 2.5-ft-wide trench was killed when the trench caved-in burying him. He was decapitated by the backhoe during the rescue operation.

Keywords: HEAD, TRENCH, WATER PIPE, CAVE-IN, DECAPITATED, EVACUATION

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	127071256			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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