OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14412571
PARADISE UTILITIES, INCORPORTED
NACOGDOCHES, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES CAUGHT IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE LAYING PIPE IN A 6 TO 7 FOOT LONG TRENCH WITH NO SHORIN G SYSTEM OR OTHER PROTECTION FROM MOVING DIRT. THE SOIL BANK SIDE COLLAPSED, COV ERING BOTH MEN. THE BANK WAS 5 FEET HIGH WITHOUT PROTECTION AND SITTING ON PREVI OUSLY DISTURBED SOIL. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES COULD SEE A HOLE AND TALKED TO THE RE SCUERS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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