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Accident Summary Nr: 14523260 - ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN

Accident Summary Nr: 14523260 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 10/20/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100103480	10/20/1986	1794	0	Paul A. Stadtman Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: TWO CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WERE LAYING 8 INCH EBS PIPE IN AN 11 FOOT DEEP TRENCH. THE SOIL WHERE THE TRENCH WAS DUG WAS MOSTLY ROCK OR VERY HARD CLAY. ALTHOUGH ONE EMPLOYEE DID NOTICE SOME FRACTURED SHALE, HE DID NOT BRING IT TO ANYONE'S ATTENTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED AND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED WHEN A POCKET OF FRACTURED SHALE BROKE OUT OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SLOPED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT THE COLLAPSE OF THIS FRACTURED MATERIAL.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100103480			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	100103480			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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