OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14307912
CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed when buried in trench collapse
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was at the bottom of a 5 to 7 ft wide by 7 to 8 1/2 ft deep trench, at the junction of a 24 in. concrete pipe and a catch basin, when an approximate ly 8 ft long by 2 ft thick section of the south wall collapsed. Employee #1 was buried against the pipe with just the top of his head exposed. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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