Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202466694 - Employee Is Injured When Retaining Wall Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202466694 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 05/06/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310201348	05/06/2008	1794	238910	D&D Construction Specialties, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:57 a.m. on May 6, 2008, Employee #1 sustained a serious occupational injury when an unsupported retaining wall collapsed on him while he was cleaning and digging the footings for construction of a new retaining wall. The company involved in the accident is a general construction company, conducting construction of retaining walls, shafts and caissons. Employee #1 has been working for the company for 3 years, and was working in close proximity to other D&D Construction Specialties Inc. employees and the D&D onsite supervisor. Employee #1 was working at the east side of the project, adjacent to a 7-foot-high unprotected excavation, which was below the footing of the existing retaining wall that subsequently collapsed onto Employee #1. The employer did not use a support system or obtain a professional engineer's approved determination that the excavation below the level of the footing of the retaining wall would be safe. Employee #1 was admitted to USC Medical Center on May 6, 2008 and was treated in the hospital for 16 days.

Keywords: FOOTINGS, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, RETAINING WALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310201348			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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