Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200810430 - Employee Drowns When Wall Of Reserve Pit Collapses
Accident: 200810430 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 05/04/1998 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300575693 | 05/05/1998 | 1389 | Grimmett Bros. Inc. | ||||
Employee #1, a heavy equipment operator, was using a bulldozer to dig a 20 ft deep by 10 ft wide pit, located 5 ft from the edge of an oilfield reserve pit filled with fluids. The wall of the reserve pit caved in and Employee #1 was buried in the mud and fluids. He died as a result of drowning. | |||||||
Keywords:
asphyxiated, work rules, pit, unstable surface, oil well servicing, unstable soil, bulldozer, drown, buried, cave-in
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 300575693 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |