OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257968
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered an 8.92-ft -deep unshored trench that had been dug in uncomp acted fill material. A 4-ft by 4-ft by 1-ft section of earth fell on top of him. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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