Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201952629 - Employee Dies In Cave-In During Retaining Wall Construction
Accident: 201952629 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/27/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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102456266 | 09/27/2000 | 1741 | Litter Construction, Inc. | ||||
On September 27, 2000, a four man construction crew was constructing a retaining wall. The retaining wall was 12 ft high and approximately 132 ft long. As work proceeded a cave-in occurred, fatally injuring one worker. | |||||||
Keywords:
wall, construction, retaining wall, buried, cave-in
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 12 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 102456266 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls FatCause: Trench collapse |