Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14439269 - Employee buried and killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14439269 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 06/14/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110503323	06/17/1991	1711	0	The Sprinkler Shop

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were laying pipe in an unshored, unsloped trench of unspecified depth when approximately 20 ft of one wall and the spoil pile caved in. Employee #1 was buried and died of suffocation.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110503323			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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