OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237192
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,UNSTABLE SOIL,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were working in a 9- to 10-ft deep trench that mea sured 3 to 4 ft wide at the bottom and 15 to 20 ft wide at the top. They were pu tting a tee on a waterline when the north bank caved in. Employee #1 was killed; his coworkers were uninjured. Approximately three months before, the same compa ny had installed a storm sewer line about 10 ft north, parallel to the waterline .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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