OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444251
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee dies in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:40 p.m. on August 6, 1984, Employee #1 was squatting in a tre not injured. nch wiping out the hub of an 8 in. by 12 ft section of previously laid PVC pipe in preparation for installing another section. The trench was approximately 50 f t to 60 ft long, 24 ft wide, and 7 ft to 8 ft deep. A coworker was also in the t rench to help Employee #1 lay the pipe. Suddenly the bank cracked open, and anot her employee outside the trench yelled a warning as the bank caved in. Employee #1 was struck by the collapsing soil and completely buried. He was pronounced de ad op recovery about 10 to 15 minutes later. No protective measures such as slop ing or shoring had been provided. The coworker was farther up the trench and was
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 85
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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