Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 604447 - Employees die after excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 604447 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 10/10/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107004145	10/11/1990	9111	0	Town Of Camp Hill

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on October 10, 1990, Employees #1 and #2, city workers, were preparing an open excavation approximately 10 ft 3 in. deep for support of a concrete manhole to be placed inside the excavation. The employees were standing at a right angle to the northeast side of the vertical wall when it caved in, burying them. The two employees were dug out by the superintendent and fire department personnel, but died shortly thereafter at the hospital.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, WORK RULES, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107004145			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	107004145			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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