Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14235220 - Employee Killed In Trench Cave-In
Accident: 14235220 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/07/1984 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1393933 | 08/07/1984 | 1711 | D & R Plumbing Co., Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 was working in an approximately 16 ft deep trench that varied in width from 9 ft at the top to 3 ft at the bottom. He was cleaning a PVC pipe before making a connection when an approximately 3 ft by 6 ft section of trench wall collapsed and buried him. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. The trench was not shored, sloped, or braced to prevent a cave-in. | |||||||
Keywords:
asphyxiated, work rules, construction, trench, crushed, shoring, unstable soil, sloping, buried, cave-in
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1393933 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |