Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14304240 - EXCAVATION WALL COLLAPSED ONTO TWO EMPLOYEES

Accident Summary Nr: 14304240 -- Report ID: 0257260 -- Event Date: 08/27/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18707919	08/27/1986	1542	0	Emco Construction Corporation

Abstract: ON AUGUST 27, 1986, TWO EXCAVATION WORKERS WERE INSTALLING A VERTICAL WOOD SHORING SYSTEM IN A 90 FEET WIDE, 130 FEET LONG, 18 FEET DEEP EXCAVATION. THE SIDES OF THE EXCAVATION DID NOT HAVE THE RECOMMENDED 45 DEGREES OF SLOPE. ONE OF THE WALLS CAVED IN ON THE TWO EMPLOYEES, KILLING ONE INSTANTLY AND BADLY INJURING THE OTHER.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18707919			Fatality	Asphyxia	Carpenters
2	18707919			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters

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