Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94834.015 - Employee is caught in a trench cave-in and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 94834.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 04/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1225895.015	04/18/2017		238140	Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd

Abstract: At 8:38 a.m. on April 15, 2017, an employee was shoveling dirt into a pile at the bottom of a trench. The employee was pushed into a concrete retaining wall when an earthen wall burst. The employee was killed from head trauma.

Keywords: Caught In, Cave-In, Concrete Panel, Crushed, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	0	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1225895.015	47	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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