Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 732552 - Employee dies of asphyxia in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 732552 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/13/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3198967	02/13/1986	1623	0	Turner Asphalt & Paving Company Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was laying 8 inch PVC sewer pipe and checking the grade in a trench that was about 60 feet long, 10 feet deep, 5 to 7 feet wide at the top, and about 3 feet wide at the bottom. The trench caved in and the employee died of asphyxia. The trench was not shored or braced, nor was it sloped to the angle of repose.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3198967			Fatality	Asphyxia	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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