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Accident Summary Nr: 14526032 - Employee crushed and killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14526032 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 03/11/1986
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10171761903/17/198616230P.J. Constructors Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were installing 36 in. diameter drainage pipe in an approximately 8 ft wide by 10 ft deep by 30 ft long trench that ran east to west. The soil on the walls was compacted lime rock and marl, with approximately 4 in. of blacktop capping. Employee #1 and the coworkers were adjusting the slipped filter fabric around the pipe when a section of the north wall caved in, crushing Employee #1 against the west end of the installed section of pipe. He was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 101717619 Fatality Cut/Laceration Occupation not reported

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