Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 655779 - Employee killed when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 655779 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122120736	08/04/1997	1794	0	Mceachern Contracting Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, 17 years old, was working in an unprotected 12 ft deep trench when the side wall collapsed. His head was fractured and he was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122120736			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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