OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251516
INSTALLING,SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three coworkers were installing a sewer line of 8 in. vitrified focation. clay pipe at an apartment project under construction. Employee #1 and one cowork er were in an 84 ft long by 11 ft deep trench that measured 4 ft wide at the bot tom and 11 ft wide at the top and ran generally north to south. A 25 ft long by 6 ft 2 in. high by 17 ft 3 in. wide spoil pile was located on the edge of its ea stern side. Employee #1 was lubricating a section of pipe when a piece of sandro ck weighing between 500 and 1,000 lb sheared off the eastern wall, covering him. He was buried between 5 and 10 minutes before being rescued. Employee #1 was tr ansported to High Point Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from suf
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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