Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340261 - Employee Is Killed When Stone Wall Collapses Into Trench

Accident Summary Nr: 202340261 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 09/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305742504	09/18/2002	1799	562910	Edmundo Oliveira

Abstract: On September 16, 2002, Employee #1 was using a shovel to dig at the bottom of a 14 ft 8 in. long by 4 ft 4 in. wide by 8 ft 2 in. deep, vertical-walled trench that ran along the rear of a 161-year-old, three-story, attached brownstone residential building. As he was working, an approximately 5 ft wide by 7 ft long by 1 ft thick stone wall that ran adjacent to the trench collapsed into it, burying Employee #1. In an attempt to free Employee #1, emergency responders broke the collapsed wall with jackhammers. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: WALL, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, BRACE, SHORING, BURIED, CAVE-IN, SLOPE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305742504			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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