OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14356448
ROBERT L. SHULA
BLAIRSVILLE, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in excavation cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was inside an excavation, working in a cooler that was being tarped and filled with #4 stone. A high wall collapsed on him, trapping him in the cool er. He was crushed and died of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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