OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341630

HEAD,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN,FALLING OBJECT,CONCRETE

1988-09-20T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN,FALLING OBJECT,CONCRETE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14341630
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee killed when struck by concrete in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 20, 1988, Employee #1 and coworkers were installing a 12 in. by 24 ft Ductil pipe in an irregular 4 ft wide by 4 1/2 ft deep trench. A concrete sidewalk was undermined and fell on Employee #1, along w ith sand from the sides of the walls. Employee #1, who was struck on the head, w as transported to the hospital, where he died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
13

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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