OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217657
EXCAVATION,TRENCH,CAVE-IN
Event description
TRENCH COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A CO-WORKER WERE EXCAVATING A TRENCH TO LAY DRAIN PIPE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE BACKHOE, MODEL J D SERIES B. EMPLOYEE #1 SHUT OFF THE EXCAVATING EQUIPMENT TO HELP THE CO-WORKER WITH A WATER PUMP. THE CO-WORKER STARTED PUMPING WATER FROM A METERING PIT. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT INTO THE TRENCH WIT H A SHOVEL TO LOCATE A PIPE. HE SAW A SECTION OF THE NORTH WALL CALLAPSE AND FAL L INTO THE TRENCH. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE COLLAPSED SOIL AND THE SO UTH WALL. THE TRENCH WAS 2 FEET WIDE AND 37 FEET LONG. THE DEPTH OF THE TRENCE W AS NOT UNIFORM, VARYING BETWEEN 6-1/2 TO 4 FEET. THE TRENCH WAS 6-1/2 FEET DEEP IN THE AREA OF THE COLLAPSE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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