Accident Report Detail

Accident: 660365 - Construction Employee Killed In Trench Cave-In

**Accident: 660365 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/28/1988**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
102924362	07/06/1988	1623	Marotta Landscaping Company, Incorporated

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING AN 8 INCH PVC SEWER PIPE IN A 14 FOOT DEEP TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SLOPED OR SHORED. THE TRENCH WALLS COLLAPSED, BURYING THE EMPLOYEE. HE DIED OF SUFFOCATION. THE EMPLOYER HAD DECIDED THAT SHORING WAS NOT REQUIRED OR NECESSARY FOR THE TRENCH.

Keywords: collapse, suffocated, construction, trench, shoring, cave-in

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	102924362			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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