OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14218929
J. D. ABRAMS, INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY CULVERT IN TRENCH
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying bricks as part of maintenance and servicing activities on an existing 6-ft diameter drainage pipe in a 7-ft trench. A section of the pipe was removed and replaced by a new 7-ft by 9-ft box culvert. Employee #1 was con ducting brick work in a 2-ft space between the existing pipe and new box culvert to facilitate the transition between them. Adjacent to the work site, another e mployee was operating a crawler crane. The vibration from the crawler caused the new box culvert to topple and fall onto the employee, crushing and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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