Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14187645 - Employee suffocates and dies when soil pile collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14187645 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 11/14/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102601788	11/14/1989	1521	0	J.A. Myers Building & Development, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a Caterpillar truck loader to move a pile of topsoil. He got off the loader and stood between it and the pile to relieve himself. Part of the pile fell, knocking him unconscious. He suffocated and died.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102601788			Fatality	Asphyxia	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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