Accident: 14222632 - Killed In Trench Cave-In
At approximately 2:10 p.m. on July 1, 2000, Employee #1 was in an open, approximately 7 to 8 ft deep by 2 ft 10 in. wide by approximately 30 ft long trench. The excavation caved I, burying Employee #1. He died of asphyxia. The soil was gumbo wet, and the trench had no sloping, shoring, and trench box. In addition, there was soil piled at the edge of the hole, and no means of egress had been provided.
construction, trench, sloping, trench box, shoring, work rules, collapse, buried, unstable soil, asphyxiated
Accident: 170010078 - One Killed, One Injured In Trench Cave-In
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on May 7, 2000, Employees #1 and #2, were working in a 15 ft wide trench. Employee #1 was checking the grade prior to installing a 10 in. diameter drainage pipe. The nearly vertical trench walls were approximately 15 ft tall on the east side and 17 ft tall on the west side, with an additional 8 ft of spoils on the west side. A portion of the east wall collapsed, burying Employee #1 up to his waist and pinning him against the west wall. He was killed. Employee #2 had been operating the backhoe most of the day; he sustained injuries that required hospitalization.
trench, cave-in, collapse, construction, buried, sloping, work rules, installing, unstable surface
Accident: 170572184 - Suffocates When Engulfed By Dog Food
Employee #1, a packer for a company that packaged dry dog food, was performing his normal job duties, when he found that the dry dog food had become moist and was sticking to side of the bin. The storage bin had an 18 ft tall straight section and an 8 ft cone-shaped section. Employee #1 entered the bin and was using a pick to try to dislodge the stuck dog food. As he was working, the dog food came loose and fell onto Employee #1, engulfing him. He died of suffocation. The company later estimated that Employee #1 had been buried under 1 ton of dog food.
buried, stuck, suffocated, storage bin, unstable surface, work rules, lifeline, flowing material
Accident: 656058 - Two Injured When Trench Caves In
Employees #1 and #2 were standing at the edge of an excavation when the road edge collapsed. Both men were partially buried.
collapse, trench, excavation, buried, cave-in, unstable soil, work rules
Accident: 656025 - Two Injured When Trench Wall Collapses
Employees #1 and #2 were working in a 6 ft 6 in. deep trench when a side wall collapsed, partially burying them. Both workers sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The trench not shored.
trench, cave-in, shoring, collapse, buried, construction, work rules, wall
Accident: 170074314 - Killed In Excavation Cave-In
Employee #1 was in a 5 ft wide by 9 to 10 ft long by 7 to 8 ft deep excavation cleaning a pipe to be connected to a manhole when the excavation caved in and he was completely buried. Employee #1 was killed.
cave-in, collapse, excavation, buried, construction
