Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200810430 - Employee drowns when wall of reserve pit collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200810430 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 05/04/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300575693	05/05/1998	1389	0	Grimmett Bros. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a heavy equipment operator, was using a bulldozer to dig a 20 ft deep by 10 ft wide pit, located 5 ft from the edge of an oilfield reserve pit filled with fluids. The wall of the reserve pit caved in and Employee #1 was buried in the mud and fluids. He died as a result of drowning.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, PIT, UNSTABLE SURFACE, OIL WELL SERVICING, UNSTABLE SOIL, BULLDOZER, DROWN, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300575693			Fatality	Asphyxia	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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