OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212633
FORCUM-LANNOM ASSOCIATES, INC.
SPRINGDALE, AR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRENCH CAVES IN
Investigation abstract
On June 13, 1987, Employee #1 was standing on top of a pipe that had an internal diameter of 42 ft. The pipe was located in a 12-ft deep trench. There was no sh oring or sloping. A chunk of the hard and compact trench wall material fell on E mployee #1 when he was removing a wire rope sling from the pipe. Employee #1 suf fered a fractured neck and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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