OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14435275
VAQUERO FARMS INC
FIREBAUGH, CA·
Event description
Employee killed, two injured, when unstable trench collapses
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3, of Vaquero Farms, Firebaugh, CA, were installing a 13 f t length of 26 in. diameter steel pipe in a 11 ft 10 in. deep by 6 ft wide trenc h. The trench was dug in wet silt and loam, and was not shored or sloped. The so uth wall caved in, trapping the employees. Employee #1 was covered with about 8 in. of dirt. He died on the way to a hospital.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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