Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170846992 - Earth Caved in Beneath Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 170846992 -- Report ID: 0950652 -- Event Date: 02/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125962472	02/27/1997	1081	0	Edick & Watt Inc.

Abstract: An employee was drilling pilot blast holes at an open pit bench. The ground beneath the employee caved in. He fell through an abandoned tunnel and dropped another 7.6 meters below the invert of the tunnel into a shaft. He was engulfed by hard rock and was asphyxiated.

Keywords: TUNNEL, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, FALL, BRACING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125962472			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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