OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278261
PROSPECT DEVELOPMENT INC.
PROSPECT, CT·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a trench checking the grade in preparation for laying a 20 ft pipe for a drainage system. While he was in the trench, the walls collapsed on top of him, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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