Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200372712 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 200372712 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 01/28/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306076563	01/28/2003	1731	238210	Burriss Electrical

Abstract: On January 28, 2003, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working for an electrical contractor installing electrical conduit in a trench. The trench was approximately 8-ft-deep in sandy soil at a high school construction site. No protective system was provided for the trench. Three employees (including Employee #1 and Employee #2) were inside a section of the trench (approximately 27 ft from the backhoe) located at the end of the trench when a wall of the trench collapsed onto Employee #1 and Employee #2 resulting in their deaths.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALL, ELECTRICAL, COLLAPSE, CONDUIT, TRENCH, CRUSHED, PIPE, CAVE-IN, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306076563			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse
2	306076563			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Trench collapse

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