OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399398
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Two employees killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in the bottom of a 12 to 15 ft deep trench that was bei ng dug by a backhoe for a sewer main. The brothers were probing in the bottom of the trench for the main when a wall caved in. Both employees were killed. The t rench walls were neither shored nor sloped.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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