Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170234462 - Employee dies of suffocation when pinned in valve box

Accident Summary Nr: 170234462 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 03/02/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115335317	03/04/1996	5191	0	J R Simplot Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was reaching down 4 feet into a valve box in an attempt to turn on a water valve. He became wedged upside down between the sidewall and a vertical water line, and he could not extricate himself. He died of suffocation.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, SUFFOCATED, PINNED, WORK RULES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115335317			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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