OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375547
CLAYTON BACKHOE SERVICE
PATASKALA, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH WHEN WALL CAVES IN
Investigation abstract
On June 20, 1987, Employee #1 and another worker were working in a 7-ft-deep tre nch running to the west trench. There was no shoring or sloping. The trench wall caved in and killed Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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