OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251797
SHELTON PIPELINE, INC.
CLEMMONS, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 18, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LAYING 8 INCH SEWER ET, 2 INCHES DEEP AND WAS 34 TO 36 INCHES WIDE AT THE BOTTOM. THE FOREMAN HAD BE EN STEPPING (SLOPING) THE TRENCH WALLS, BUT FAILED TO STEP THE PORTION WHICH FEL L ONTO EMPLOYEE #1 BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF AN ELECTRICAL CABLE. PIPE IN A TRENCH LOCATED BEHIND THE WILLOW TERRACE APARTMENTS. AT ABOUT 3:30 PM, THE SITE SUPERVISOR HANDED EMPLOYEE #1 A SECTION OF PIPE. THE SIDE OF THE TRENC H UPON WHICH THE SUPERVISOR WAS STANDING COLLAPSED ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. THE SUPERVI SOR ENDED UP IN THE TRENCH ON TOP OF THE COLLAPSED MATERIAL. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE CAVE-IN. AFTER ABOUT A YARD AND A HALF OF MATERIAL WAS REM OVED, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RESCUED AND TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE NORTH CAROL INA BAPTIST HOSPITAL. HE DIED OF A BROKEN PELVIS, LACERATED KIDNEY, SEVERED URET HRA AND OTHER INTERNAL INJURIES. THE TRENCH VARIED FROM 8 FEET, 6 INCHES TO 9 FE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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