Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953114 - Employee dies in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 201953114 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 02/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305135725	02/11/2002	1623	0	Unger Excavating

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in a trench upgrading a sewer system. The trench was 10 ft deep with vertical walls. It was not slopped or shored and there was water in it. Employee #1 was removing pipe when the trench caved in burring him. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: SEWER, COLLAPSE, TRENCH, CRUSHED, SHORING, BURIED, CAVE-IN, SLOPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305135725			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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