Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 673434 - Employee killed by falling concrete wall

Accident Summary Nr: 673434 -- Report ID: 0728100 -- Event Date: 06/02/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104265632	06/04/1987	1794	0	Lunzman Trenching Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on June 2, 1987, Employee #1 was installing a drain in a 4 ft wide trench on the outside of a trench silo wall 8 in. thick, 12 ft high, and 93 ft long. The poured concrete wall fell and killed him. The wall was not shored or braced. Causal factors include a lack of engineering and misjudgment of a hazardous situation.

Keywords: WALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, STRUCK BY, BRACING, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104265632			Fatality	Other	Helpers, construction trades

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