Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404696 - Backhoe Falls Into Excavation Crushing Employee to Death

Accident Summary Nr: 201404696 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 12/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127065688	12/22/2000	1623	0	A-1 Taps & Traps

Abstract: An employee was making a repair to a sewer line when a backhoe fell into the excavation killing the employee. There was no earth under the pavement on which the backhoe rested. The earth had been dug away.

Keywords: SEWER, EXCAVATION, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, BACKHOE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127065688			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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