Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404662 - Trench Cave-in Partially Buries Two Employees

Accident Summary Nr: 201404662 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 12/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127031292	01/02/2001	1623	0	Charter Twp Of Brownstown

Abstract: Two employees were working in a trench approximately 9 feet deep making a repair to a water main. They were working without a trench box when a cave-in occurred. One worker sustained a leg injury.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, WATER PIPE, CAVE-IN, LEG, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127031292			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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