Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 42679.015 - Employee is fatally crushed in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 42679.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 03/26/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
897912.015	03/26/2013		237110	Bbg Services

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on March 26, 2013, Employee #1, employed by a construction subcontractor, was engaged in excavation work at a multiemployer residential construction site. He was working in a trench for a storm sewer pipeline. The trench was approximately 8 feet deep, 8 feet wide, and 17 feet long in previously disturbed soil. The trench collapsed, trapping Employee #1. Employee #1 was fatally crushed. The subsequent investigation determined the trench had no shoring, and a trench box had not been provided.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Construction, Crushed, Excavation, Residential Construction, Shoring, Trench, Unguarded, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	897912.015	28	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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