OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423784
HEAD,INSTALLING,DIRT TAMPER,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee dies of head injuries during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2 p.m. on February 12, 1990, Employee #1 and three coworkers we re installing a rubber flexible liner in an excavation that was 12 ft wide by 20 ft long by 12 ft deep. The walls of this excavation were vertical. The employee s were hammering metal stakes into the walls to hold the liner in place when the west wall caved in and covered Employee #1 with dirt. The employee suffered mas sive head injuries and was dead when his body was uncovered. The three other emp loyees were not injured.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 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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