Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202471330 - Excavation Collapses and Injures Worker

Accident Summary Nr: 202471330 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/29/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314827551	11/30/2011	1521	236115	Abraham Gottlieb Dba California Home Center

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 a.m. on November 29, 2011 Employee #1, a 48-year-old male with Abraham Gottlieb Dba California Home Center was working with three coworkers, for the past several weeks the employees were digging out an excavation with shovels to install electrical conduit to connect two new houses to a DWP connection. There was no shoring or sloping in the excavation except around an encasement box which may have had some 4 by 4 supports. The main excavation was six to eight feet deep. Employee #1, was in the excavation when walls collapsed, Employee #1 suffered serious injuries in the event including the amputation of a finger on his right hand and trauma to his abdomen and leg. Two other coworkers were in the excavation at the time of the collapse.%09

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ABDOMEN, AMPUTATED, WALL, COLLAPSE, FINGER, TRENCH, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314827551			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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