OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14313274
BOTTGE EXCAVATING & MATERIALS INC.
BREWSTER, NY·
Event description
Employee dies of suffocation in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a 6 1/2 to 7 ft deep by 2 ft wide by 10 ft long trenc h that was unshored and improperly sloped. The trench caved in, crushing Employe e #1's chest. He died of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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