OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446603
SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was fine-grading a 7 ft deep trench before installation of a 6 in. s ewer line. One wall of the trench, composed of nonhomogeneous clay soil, collaps ed on Employee #1. He died of suffocation. The trench was neither sloped nor sho red, and the spoil pile was not located 2 ft or more from the edge of the trench .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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