Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202013348 - Employee caught in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202013348 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 10/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302806435	10/04/2000	1794	0	Hudson Canyon Construction Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was injured by a trench cave-in. Employee #1 was in an inadequately protected trench excavation installing 8-in.-diameter PVC pipe at the time of the cave-in. The excavation was approximately 11 ft deep and 80 ft long. The soil pile was right at the edge and the excavation was adjacent to an active roadway. Water was pumped out daily.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, TRENCH, PIPE, CAVE-IN, WATER

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302806435			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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