OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431571
ED'S PLUMBING AND EXCAVATING, INC.
BILLINGS, MT·
Event description
Employee killed when unsupported trench wall caves in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was at the bottom of a trench installing a sewer pipe when the trenc h's unsupported wall caved in. He was killed. The trench was approximately 28 in . wide at the top, 24 in. wide at the bottom, and 9 ft deep. The soil was sandy, soft and unstable.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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