Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 607770 - Employee killed in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 607770 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1174978	02/03/1987	1794	0	R. J. Davis Contracting Company

Abstract: On Tuesday afternoon, February 3, 1987, a trenching and excavation contractor was installing and connecting sections of a 30 in. storm drain line. Employee #1 and a coworker were inside a trench 7 ft 10 in. to 12 ft deep and 5 ft wide, making a connection on a 20 ft section of pipe. The trench was not shored or sloped. It was adjacent to a highway, in an area that had been filled material. Employee #1 was trapped against the pipe when a section of the trench wall collapsed. He was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1174978			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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