Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170101067 - Employee killed in soil cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170101067 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 11/02/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115473365	11/02/1994	1623	0	Ray'S Backhoe Inc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 2, 1994, Employee #1 was connecting a house sewer line to the main sewer line at the base of a vertical wall of class C soil. The wall caved in and buried him. His chest and lungs were compressed and he died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: CHEST, SEWER, ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115473365			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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