Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170072128 - One employee killed and one injured during trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170072128 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/16/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18511113	01/17/1992	1623	0	James C. Harris, Jr. Dba Harris Equipment Co.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working on a sewer line construction project near Littleton, NC, in Halifax County. Both employees were trapped by falling dirt during a trench cave-in. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was hospitalized for treatment of his injury.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18511113			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	18511113			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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