OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304380
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee crushed and killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a trench that measured approximately 2 feet wide by 1 0 feet deep when one of its sides fell in on him and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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