Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14256259 - Employee dies of suffocation when excavation caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 14256259 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/15/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15283963	07/17/1985	1799	0	Braswell Equipment Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to install a 6,000-gallon underground gasoline storage tank in a 12 ft deep excavation that was neither shored nor sloped. He entered the excavation to measure the distance between test wells and to level the bottom by spreading sand. The vertical wall of the excavation caved in, covering Employee #1. He was suffocated and died.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15283963			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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