Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14399927 - One employee killed, one injured in excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14399927 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/23/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2188746	03/25/1985	1711	0	Tempo Mechanical Div Of T D Industries

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were in a 23-ft-wide by 23-ft-long by 14-to-16-ft-deep excavation, awaiting the delivery of sand in which to bed a sewer pipe they were going to lay. The back of the excavation sheared off, covering both employees. Employee #1 died of multiple injuries; Employee #2 sustained a broken left collarbone.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, COLLARBONE, CONSTRUCTION, BURIED, CAVE-IN, SHEARED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2188746			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	2188746			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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