OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456537
J N ALLRED INC
OGDEN, UT·
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in a 7 1/2 ft deep by 5 ft wide trench when it caved in . The soil was saturated with an excessive amount of groundwater, and the moveme nt of the soil and water buried Employee #1 to his shoulders and Employee #2 to his waist. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 injured his left arm when he trie d to prevent the moving soil from burying Employee #1, his boss. Employee #2 had warned Employee #1 that the trench could cave in at any time, saying "We should not even be in here!" The trench had been dug by a Case 5800 backhoe equipped w ith a 24 in. shovel.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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