Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201522398 - Employee Is Killed When Trench Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201522398 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 06/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123158917	06/18/2005	1629	237990	Edwardo Osello Masonry Llc

Abstract: On June 18, 2005, Employee #1 was working in a trench measuring approximately 75 ft by 2 ft, and which was 11-ft deep. He was installing rebar for a retaining wall. Employee #1 was drilling holes into the bedrock when the unprotected walls collapsed, without warning. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, INSTALLING, REBAR, COLLAPSE, DRILLING MUD, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, STRUCK BY, RETAINING WALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		11	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123158917			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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