OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321004
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 climbed down into a 10 ft deep, 12 ft long unshored trench to uncove r a sewer line. The side of the trench broke loose and covered him with 5 to 6 f t of dirt, burying and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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