OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377873
COLLAPSE,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a trench without shoring or sloping the walls to prevent a c ollapse. The trench walls were soft and unstable. The walls collapsed covering E mployee #1 with earth, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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