OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14187033
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a trench that was being dug through an asphalt road surface. He was working for an employer who been hired to lay a lateral line to a main s ewer from a building that was approximately 60 ft away. He measured the depth gr ade at the 9 ft level, reported the grade to the hoe operator, and had turned to walk down the trench and out of the way of the hoe when suddenly the side of th e trench caved in. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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