Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14497671 - Employee killed in trench cave in

Accident Summary Nr: 14497671 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 05/08/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1362094	05/08/1984	1629	0	Snead Site Preparation Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were installing 8 ft sections of a 24 in. diameter concrete storm sewer pipe in an approximately 6 ft wide by 10 1/2 ft deep by 30 ft long trench. Employee #1 and a coworker had sealed the last joint and were walking toward the exit when a wall caved in, burying Employee #1 and killing him. The coworker escaped uninjured. The trench's nearly vertical walls were not shored. An 8 ft wide metal trench box had been used the previous day while installing pipe in another part of the trench, but the box was too wide to be used on this day.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1362094			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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