OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447726
ASPHYXIATED,SHORING,CAVE-IN,LEG,TRENCH,SLOPING
Event description
TRENCH CAVE IN
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 3, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE PREPARING TO LA Y 4" PVC SEWER PIPE IN A TRENCH THAT WAS ABOUT 30' LONG, 4' WIDE, AND 8' DEEP. T HE TRENCH WALLS WERE ALMOST VERTICIAL, WITH NO SHORING, AND THE SPOIL BANK WAS R ETAINED RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE NORTH WALL. WHILE THE EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE TRE NCH TRYING TO LOCATE THE SEWER STUB-UP FROM THE STREET, THE NORTH WALL OF THE TR ENCH CAVED-IN AND COVERED BOTH MEN. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF ASPHYXIA THORACIC COMPRE SSION. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS RESCUED, SUFFERING FROM PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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