Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14388664 - Employee dies of asphyxia when buried in excavation

Accident Summary Nr: 14388664 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 06/05/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106121676	06/07/1993	1794	0	Parker Excavating Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were connecting sewer laterals in a 17 ft deep excavation dug in class C soil (loose sand). The excavation walls were not adequately sloped, and trench shields or shoring were not used. A wall collapsed on Employee #1, burying him. He died of asphyxia. A county sanitary engineer was temporarily trapped, but was freed uninjured. Employee #1 was the son of the company president and the brother of one of the coworkers.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, TRENCH BOX, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106121676			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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