Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201610789 - Employee Is Killed in Excavation Cave-In

Accident Summary Nr: 201610789 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 10/29/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302051404	10/29/1998	0139	0	Sach Mikami & Dan Mikami Estate

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on October 29, 1998, Employee #1 and a coworker were excavating a large water pipeline in the middle of a field. The intent was to uncover and expose the pipe so that another contractor could come in and do the mortar lining. The two employees were using a backhoe to do the excavation. They dug to a depth of 14 feet. The excavation was 35-ft by 14-ft, without any type of shoring, and the spoil was not removed from the edge of the almost vertical banks. One side of the excavation caved-in and buried Employee #1. He died at the scene.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, SAND, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PIPELINE, SHORING, STRUCK BY, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302051404			Fatality	Asphyxia	Farm workers

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