Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 62350.015 - Employee killed in excavation collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 62350.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 05/30/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
978820.015	05/30/2014		238140	Global Group Industries Corporation

Abstract: At 9:08 a.m. on May 30, 2014, an employee was engaged in masonry activities building a block wall. The employees engaged in masonry activities removed the cross braces from a shored excavation. At an undetermined time following the removal of the cross braces, the dirt wall collapsed causing one employee to be struck by the shoring material and a coworker to become trapped beneath the dirt and debris. The employee was struck in the head by a collapsing excavation wall (dirt and wood shoring) thus killing the employee.

Keywords: Caught In, Crushing, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	978820.015	51	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:
2	978820.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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