Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202086252 - Employee Buried in Collapsed Trench

Accident Summary Nr: 202086252 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 10/31/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305115727	11/01/2002	1794	238910	Great Lakes Excavating Inc.

Abstract: On October 31, 2002, Employee #1 and several coworkers were installing a 13-foot-long section of an 8-inch sewer main to a subdivision. The excavation was 11 feet deep. Classification of the soil was not made and appropriate protective systems were not used. While Employee #1 was in the 11-foot-deep excavation dug through a roadbed, the road bed caved-in and buried Employee #1 to his neck. Employee #1 sustained multiple contusions as well as a fractured leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, TRENCH, BURIED, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305115727			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	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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