OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217376
EXCAVATION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED DUE TO ENGULFMENT IN TRENCH
Investigation abstract
An employee was preparing an excavation site for the installation of a shoring s ystem. Upon completion of the task, the employee started to exit the excavation site when the walls caved in and he was completely engulfed. He was rescued and transported to the hospital where he died while in surgery.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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