Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100315860 - Sterling Ditching Service

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100315860

Report ID: 0626300

Date Opened: 07/19/1985

Site Address:
Sterling Ditching Service
Corner Hwy 171 And Fr 744
Malone, TX 76660

Mailing Address:
Route 5 Box 530, Gholson, TX 76705

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/23/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/01/1986

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360640783

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$300	$0	$0	$0	$0	$300
Current Penalty	$300	$0	$0	$0	$0	$300
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260652 C	08/05/1985	08/08/1985	$300	$300	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14400139

Event: 07/18/1985

Company owner and employee killed in trench cave-in

Employees #1 and #2 were laying 10 in. pipe in a 12 1/2 to 13 ft deep by 22 ft long by 24 ft wide trench that was neither sloped nor shored. A large chunk of dirt fell from the middle of the west wall, pinning Employee #1 against the east wall. Employee #2, who had started out of the trench, went back in to help Employee #1 when the whole west side of the trench closed, burying and killing both employees. If Employee #2, the company owner and the only one on site with the employees, had lived, he would have been cited. The general contractor had neither a representative nor any employees on site.

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

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100315860			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	100315860			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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