OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14427140

HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN

1987-03-04T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14427140
Report ID: 830500

Event description

Employee killed in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was hooking up a 4 in. PVC sewer line in an approximately 7 ft deep by 2 ft wide by 15 ft long trench that ran east to west. As he was uncovering th e sewer connection with a shovel, a portion of the north wall collapsed, burying him. Employee #1 sustained crushing injuries to the left side of his skull, and was killed. The trench was neither sloped nor shored.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
6

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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