Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14348981 - Welder killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14348981 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 11/06/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2086684	11/07/1985	1623	0	Roland Pugh Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a welder, was a member of a crew that included a pipeline foreman, another welder, and two welder's helpers. At approximately 7:05 a.m. on November 6, 1985, they were in a vertical, unshored 13 ft deep trench making a splice weld on a 16 in. gas main. Suddenly a section of the trench's west bank caved in, burying Employee #1. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2086684			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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