Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 657635 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRUSHED IN CAVE-IN

Accident Summary Nr: 657635 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/01/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102920857	07/05/1988	1623	0	Bethany Trucking, Incoorporated

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON JULY 1, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A TRENCH BOX. SUDDENLY A LARGE VOLUME OF SOIL THAT CAVED IN AND ENTERED THE OPEN END OF THE TRENCH BOX STRUCK HIM AND CRUSHED HIM AGAINST THE TRENCH BOX'S SIDE. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: TRENCH BOX, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE SOIL, CAVE-IN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102920857			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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