Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201942612 - Employee killed by fall into cesspool

Accident Summary Nr: 201942612 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 12/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311429898	12/13/2007	1623	237110	Rn Construction Llc

Abstract: On December 12, 2007, Employee #1 was standing on the lawn of a residential site when the ground collapsed under him and he fell into the home's cesspool. Pieces of the concrete cesspool cap, rocks, and dirt from the lawn caved in on top of him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN, SEWAGE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311429898			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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