Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 657510 - Employee killed when trench walls collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 657510 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 02/06/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101831279	03/05/1986	1623	0	Chelmsford Construction Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on February 6, 1986, Employee #1 and a coworker had hooked up 4 in. PVC drainage pipe in a trench and were walking out when the side walls collapsed, burying Employee #1 and knocking over the coworker. Employee #1 died of asphyxiation. The coworker was able to escape.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101831279			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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