Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14565600 - Employee injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14565600 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 12/12/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14587620	12/13/1984	1629	0	The Tanner Companies Construction Div

Abstract: Employee #1 was digging in a 6 ft 6 in. deep by 35 ft long by 2 ft wide unsloped trench. Another trench, approximately 5 ft deep, that had been backfilled three or four days earlier by another contractor, crossed the first trench. Employee #1 was at the point where the two trenches crossed when a cave-in buried him to his waist.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14587620			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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