Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656025 - Two Employees Injured When Trench Wall Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 656025 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 04/01/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113545438	04/01/1999	1623	0	Bradford Site Development

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working in a 6 ft 6 in. deep trench when a side wall collapsed, partially burying them. Both workers sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The trench not shored.

Keywords: wall, collapse, work rules, construction, trench, shoring, buried, cave-in

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113545438			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Trench collapse
2	113545438			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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