OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14197305
COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
TRENCH CAVED IN; EMPLOYEE CRUSHED AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHEAST TRANSMISSION WATER MAIN PHASE II PROJECT. HE WAS WORKING AT THE BOTTOM OF AN OPEN, UNGUARDED TRENC H, 14 FEET DEEP, 46 FEET LONG, 9 1/2 FEET TO 18 FEET WIDE AT THE BOTTOM AND 16 T O 20 FEET WIDE AT THE TOP. HE WAS INSPECTING SOME OF THE WORK WHICH HAD BEEN DON E INSIDE THE TRENCH WHEN THE EAST WALL CAVED IN ON HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST SOME OF THE CONCRETE PIPE BEING INSTALLED. THE COLLAPSE MAY HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY G ROUND VIBRATIONS FROM NEARBY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON I-95 AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQ UIPMENT IN USE AT THE SITE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR FO UR YEARS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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