Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201088390 - Employee Is Killed When Trench Wall Caves In, Burying Him

Accident Summary Nr: 201088390 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306364795	10/04/2006	0139	111998	Maddox Farms

Abstract: On December 2, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a laborer for Maddox Farms, going about his assigned duties. He and a coworker were repairing a buried irrigation line, when the trench wall caved in, burying Employee #1. The Fresno County Sheriff's Department and Coroner's Office responded to the emergency call, but Employee #1 had been killed, due to asphyxia.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, AGRICULTURE, TRENCH, IRRIGATION PIPE, UNSTABLE SOIL, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306364795			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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