Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201118023 - Employee injured in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201118023 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/15/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120054465	07/15/2004	1521	236115	Castlerock Development

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on July 15, 2004, an employee was working with a whacker in a trench. The trench was two-feet wide and approximately 7.5-feet deep. A four-inch diameter plastic pipe had been laid in the trench and the employee was using the whacker to compact the back fill dirt. When the trench was approximately six-feet deep, a side wall near the end of the trench caved in. This was dirt that had been previously disturbed. The employee was buried up to his stomach. The closest slum shore was approximately eight feet from the end of the trench. He sustained broken ribs and bruised lungs and had problems with his breathing. The employee was hospitalized for nine days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DIRT TAMPER, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, RIB, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120054465			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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