Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404365 - Employee Partially Buried in Unstable Soil Cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201404365 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/15/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124931015	08/15/2000	1711	0	Je Johnson Contr Inc

Abstract: An employee was installing PVC pipe in an excavation that was nine feet deep. The excavation had vertical sides but did not have a trench guard. The employee was buried up to his neck when unstable soil caved in on the victim.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, PIPE, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	124931015			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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