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Accident Summary Nr: 14347272 - EMPLOYEES BURIED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN

Accident Summary Nr: 14347272 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 09/19/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101052157	09/25/1986	1623	0	Altman Construction Co.

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 PM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE RESUMING AN OPERATION TO LAY AN EIGHT-INCH PVC SANITARY SEWER LINE. THE SEWER LINE WAS TO BE PLACED IN A 12 1/2 FEET DEEP BY 3 FEET WIDE TRENCH WHICH HAD BEEN DUG PRIOR TO LUNCH. THE TRENCH BOX THAT WAS IN USE WAS ONLY SEVEN FEET HIGH. IN ADDITION, ABOUT AN INCH OF WATER HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE TRENCH DURING LUNCH. THE SOIL IN THE TRENCH WAS CLAY. WHILE EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE IN THE TRENCH BOX, A PORTION OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE TRENCH CAVED-IN ON THEM. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE COMPLETELY BURIED. ONLY EMPLOYEE #2 WAS RESCUED ALIVE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASPHYXIATED.

Keywords: SEWER, TRENCH BOX, ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101052157			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	101052157			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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