Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14503916 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14503916 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 10/13/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106030885	10/14/1988	1623	0	Underground Utilities, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were laying 20 ft sections of 12 in. PVC water pipe at the bottom of a 35 ft long by 27 in. wide by 7 ft deep trench. It ran north-south, parallel to a heavily traveled, two-lane roadway. Within 2 ft of the paved road surface, an approximately 19 ft long by 14 in. wide by 5 1/2 ft deep section of the west wall collapsed, burying Employee #1. He was killed. The coworker hastily exited the trench when he felt the wall moving. The trench had no shoring, sloping, or bracing.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106030885			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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