Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14497697 - Two employees killed in trench cave in

Accident Summary Nr: 14497697 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 05/12/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1423755	05/16/1984	1623	0	Reddico Construction Co Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 and four coworkers were laying 8 in. diameter sewer pipe in a 13 ft deep by 6 ft wide trench in a residential area of Porter, TX. They were using a 4 ft by 8 ft by 16 ft wide trench box that was being pulled by an Akerman backhoe, model H14, that was also digging out the trench. The employees left the trench box to grade an area where a manhole was being dug. While they were outside the trench box, the south wall of the trench collapsed, killing Employees #1 and #2.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1423755			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	1423755			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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