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

Accident: 202338539 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 10/31/2001
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30476568810/31/20011799Paddock Swimming Pool Company
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30476566210/31/20011771Top Gun Of Virginia, Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30476568810/31/20011799Paddock Swimming Pool Company
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
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility New project or new addition $50,000 to $250,000 1 16
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 304765688 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Concrete and terrazzo finishers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Excavation
FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2 304765688 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Concrete and terrazzo finishers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Excavation
FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse
3 304765688 Hospitalized injury Fracture Concrete and terrazzo finishers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Excavation
FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse
4 304765662 Occupation not reported FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause:
FatCause:
5 304765688 Hospitalized injury Amputation Concrete and terrazzo finishers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Excavation
FatCause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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