OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348981
ROLAND PUGH CONSTRUCTION, INC.
SHELBY, AL·
Event description
Welder killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a welder, was a member of a crew that included a pipeline foreman, another welder, and two welder's helpers. At approximately 7:05 a.m. on November 6, 1985, they were in a vertical, unshored 13 ft deep trench making a splice we ld on a 16 in. gas main. Suddenly a section of the trench's west bank caved in, burying Employee #1. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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