Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14217210 - ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED, ONE INJURED IN TRENCH COLLAPSE

Accident Summary Nr: 14217210 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/30/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14594386	07/30/1984	1771	0	Western Paving Corp
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14594394	07/30/1984	1794	0	Redmons Backhoe Service

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working in the bottom of a trench 12 feet deep and approximately 15 feet wide by 35 feet long. Employees #1 and #2 were using a jack hammer to cut open a storm sewer so that a parking lot drain could be hooked into the storm sewer. The unshored walls of the trench, which consisted of well rounded gravel and sand, caved in on the employees. Employee #1 was completely buried and died of asphyxia. Employee #2 was buried up to his chest but was rescued, hospitalized, and treated for a sprained ankle, cuts, body bruising.

Keywords: SEWER, ASPHYXIATED, SAND, ANKLE, COLLAPSE, JACKHAMMER, TRENCH, BURIED, SPRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14594386	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	14594386	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
3	14594394			Occupation Not Listed

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