Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200602282 - One Employee Died And One Injured While Working In Culvert
Accident: 200602282 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 01/08/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306060658 | 01/08/2003 | 1623 | Big Creek Construction | ||||
At approximately 12:55 p.m. on January 8, 2003, Employees #1 and #2, construction workers, along with two coworkers were leveling the bottom of a 10-foot-deep trench. For some reason, the walls collapsed and buried all four workers. Employee #1 and the coworkers were covered to their waist and chest, while Employee #2 was completely buried. Employee #1 and #2 were hospitalized and treated for their injuries. Employee #2 was pronounced dead soon after admittance to the hospital. | |||||||
Keywords:
cover, collapse, pinned, trench, crushed, buried
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | Alteration or rehabilitation | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 306060658 | Hospitalized injury | Strain/Sprain | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse |
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2 | 306060658 | Fatality | Strain/Sprain | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse |