OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387385
CARL WARD (SUBSURFACE) CONTRACTORS, INC.
PALATINE, IL·
Event description
Foreman killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a foreman for an underground construction contractor, entered an ap proximately 18 ft deep by 20 ft long by 5 to 6 ft wide trench to line up an 8 in . diameter cast iron sewer pipe. He instructed a coworker to watch from the top for any movement in the excavation's unshored, near-vertical walls. The trench c aved in and Employee #1 was crushed and killed. A trench box was available at th e job site but was not in use. A citation was issued for willful violation of 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1), 20(b)(2) and 21(b)(2) and 29CFR 1926.65(i)(1) and 652(c), ser ious.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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