Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14321046 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14321046 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 08/18/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17994419	08/25/1986	1794	0	J. M. Pereira & Sons Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a backhoe to dig a trench for a lateral line from a house to a main sewer line. He had gotten off the backhoe and entered the trench with a shovel when the sides of the trench caved in. Employee #1 was covered with dirt and killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17994419			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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