Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14557458 - One killed, two injured in trench cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 14557458 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 10/22/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14964282	10/22/1984	1623	0	Knc Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14964290	10/24/1984	4941	0	Sangre De Cristo Water Co
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14964282	10/22/1984	1623	0	Knc Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were in a 10 ft trench in a road bed across a sandy arroyo. They were using a backhoe and hand tools to connect a water pipe. The backhoe operator had struck a solid object and one laborer was digging to find it when the wall next to the spoil pile collapsed and buried the three employees. Employee #1 was killed, and Employees #2 and #3 were injured. The trench was inadequately sloped, and it was neither braced nor shored. The spoil pile was against the trench, and there was some motor vehicle traffic adjacent to the trench.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14964282	Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	14964282	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
3	14964290			Occupation Not Listed
4	14964282	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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