OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304240
EMCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
HATO REY, PR·
Event description
EXCAVATION WALL COLLAPSED ONTO TWO EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 27, 1986, TWO EXCAVATION WORKERS WERE INSTALLING A VERTICAL WOOD SHORI NG SYSTEM IN A 90 FEET WIDE, 130 FEET LONG, 18 FEET DEEP EXCAVATION. THE SIDES O F THE EXCAVATION DID NOT HAVE THE RECOMMENDED 45 DEGREES OF SLOPE. ONE OF THE WA LLS CAVED IN ON THE TWO EMPLOYEES, KILLING ONE INSTANTLY AND BADLY INJURING THE OTHER.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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