OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240956
INSTALLING,SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing a 6 in. sewer drainline in a 10 ft deep by 50 ft long by approximately 2 ft wide trench that had nearly vertical walls. One wall of t he trench caved in, covering Employee #1 with approximately 6 ft of clay dirt. I t took the rescue team nearly two hours to reach and remove him. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead as a result of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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