Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14557698 - Employee killed when trench wall caves in

Accident Summary Nr: 14557698 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 06/09/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102040359	06/10/1986	4941	0	Costilla Mutual Community Water Association

Abstract: A customer was slated to have his water shut off. To expose the shut-off valve, a backhoe was used to cut a 32 in. wide by 7 ft deep trench in old river gravel soil. Employee #1 was in the trench looking for the valve when a wall caved in. He was killed. The trench walls were cut vertically.

Keywords: WORK RULES, TRENCH, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102040359			Fatality	Concussion	Water and sewage treatment plant operators

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