OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235220
ASPHYXIATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in an approximately 16 ft deep trench that varied in wid th from 9 ft at the top to 3 ft at the bottom. He was cleaning a PVC pipe before making a connection when an approximately 3 ft by 6 ft section of trench wall c ollapsed and buried him. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. The trench was not shored, sloped, or braced to prevent a cave-in.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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