OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14330690
FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,UNSTABLE SOIL,BURIED,CAVE-IN,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed, two injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3 were in a newly dug trench that measured approximately 2 talized. 5 ft long, 6 ft wide, and 13 ft deep, attempting to set a newly laid 8 in. wide and 13 ft long PVC sewer pipe. The bed was not right and the PVC pipe had to be moved so that three bucketsful of crushed stone, each weighing approximately 1 t on, could be spread along the pipe's length. A Caterpillar tracked front end loa der was to dump the crushed stone, and the employees were to spread it out under the pipe. The loader moved three times, grinding the top left side of the trenc h each time. The left side of the trench caved in, covering all three employees. Employee #1 was killed. Employees #2 and #3 were injured. Employee #3 was hospi
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 12
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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