Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202338539 - Four Employees Are Injured When Dirt Wall Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202338539 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 10/31/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304765688	10/31/2001	1799	0	Paddock Swimming Pool Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304765662	10/31/2001	1771	0	Top Gun Of Virginia, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:25 a.m. on October 31, 2001, workers were preparing to build a retaining wall against the 16-ft dirt wall by cleaning gunite (spray concrete) overspray and installing rebar and concrete forms. The employer neglected to have a soil analysis test prior to working next to the 16-ft dirt wall. Employees #1 and #2, concrete finishers, suffered minor injuries and were treated and released from the local hospital. Employee #3, a concrete finisher, was hospitalized with a dislocated hip, fractured vertebra, and injured leg. Employee #4, a concrete finisher, was hospitalized after a 6-ft by 5-ft concrete slab fell and amputated his foot.

Keywords: REBAR, CONCRETE, LEG, COLLAPSE, RETAINING WALL, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304765688	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2	304765688	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
3	304765688	Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
4	304765688	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
5	304765662			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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