Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202495933 - Employee Is Killed in Trench Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 202495933 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 06/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311154355	06/12/2007	1542	236220	Granite Construction

Abstract: On June 12, 2007, Employee #1 was working in a vertical trench, face wall excavation, when the sides fell inwards crushing him to death.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CAUGHT BY, TRENCH, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, CAVE-IN, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311154355			Fatality	Other	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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