OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001189
COLE EXCAVATING
CLARION, IA·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying 18 in. concrete tile in a 13 ft deep trench. He was in a 5 ft high trench box when a small cave-in occurred. The excavator operator calle d out to warn him and Employee #1 stuck his head out of the end of the trench bo x. At that same time a second, larger, cave-in occurred and Employee #1 was stru ck in the head by a 52 1/2 lb rock. He died of a fractured neck.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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