Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 655852 - Employee injured when trench wall caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 655852 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122122716	03/05/1998	1623	0	W.C.Rowe Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in a 7 ft deep trench when a side wall caved in and partially buried him. He sustained serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122122716			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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