Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14456537 - One employee killed, one injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14456537 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102090511	04/03/1986	1711	0	J N Allred Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were in a 7 1/2 ft deep by 5 ft wide trench when it caved in. The soil was saturated with an excessive amount of groundwater, and the movement of the soil and water buried Employee #1 to his shoulders and Employee #2 to his waist. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 injured his left arm when he tried to prevent the moving soil from burying Employee #1, his boss. Employee #2 had warned Employee #1 that the trench could cave in at any time, saying "We should not even be in here!" The trench had been dug by a Case 5800 backhoe equipped with a 24 in. shovel.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, UNSTABLE SOIL, ARM, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102090511			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
2	102090511			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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