OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214118
COLLAPSE,TRENCH,CRUSHED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN TRENCH WALL COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
An Employee working in a 6.5-ft deep trench was crushed from the chest down and died when one wall collapsed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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