Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14280077 - Employee drowns in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14280077 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 10/12/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116133992	10/12/1995	1623	0	Southeast Paving Company, Inc.

Abstract: A trench box and steel plates were being used as shoring in an excavation. A sidewall of the excavation collapsed, causing a steel plate to shift and hit a water main in the excavation. Employee #1 was partially buried by dirt and covered by the water from the broken water main.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, RUPTURE, WATER PIPE, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116133992			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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