OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257026
SUFFOCATED,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,SHORING,CAVE-IN,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SLOPING,BURIED,SPRAIN
Event description
One killed, one injured in cave-in; foreman has heart attack
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were laying 5 ft lengths of 8 in. diameter sewer pipe in an sprained ankle. Employee #3, the foreman, was not in the trench but suffered wha t appeared to be a heart attack after he assisted in the rescue operation. He wa s hospitalized. unshored and unsloped trench that was 5 ft wide by 11 ft deep. A backhoe was dig ging the trench and Employees #1 and #2 were laying pipe to within 10 to 20 ft o f the end of the trench. The trenching had progressed to a partially excavated a nd enlarged manhole location about 230 ft east of the starting point. Employee # 2 was using a laser to check the grade in the manhole area and Employee #1 was a bout 10 to 15 ft to the west when a 24 ft length of the trench collapsed to the west of the manhole. Employee #1 was completely buried with soil and died of suf focation. Employee #2 was covered to his chest, but suffered only bruises and a
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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