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Accident Summary Nr: 170667950 - Employee killed, another injured during trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170667950 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 09/01/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113204614	09/01/1992	1623	0	Quality Associates Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were installing sewer pipe (two running pumps) in a trench that was 12+ ft deep. An 8 ft high metal box was in the trench. Employee #1 was bending over near the end of the pipe. Employee #2, a backhoe operator and foreman, came into the trench to help Employee #1. The side walls above the trench box fell on top of Employee #1, causing fatal head injuries. Employee #2 was buried up to his knees and suffered injuries to his arms and wrist.

Keywords: HEAD, TRENCH BOX, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, ARM, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113204614			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported
2	113204614			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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