OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465231
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working inside an approximately 10 ft deep by 6 ft wide by 18 ft long trench when it caved in. He was crushed and killed. The trench was not she eted, braced, sloped, or otherwise adequately supported.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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