OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215321
CHEST,SEWER,TRENCH BOX,TRENCH,TRENCH DIGGER,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE IN
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, and two coworkers were working in a trench installing sewer line. T he employees were in a 7-ft-deep trench (dry clay soil) laying 100 ft of 8-in. s ewer drain. The coworkers finished work and, while exiting the trench, they saw the trench caving in on Employee #1. There was no septic equipment being used. T he dirt caved in around Employee #1. The pressure against his chest suffocated h im. The trench was neither sloped nor shored, and lacked a trench box.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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