OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14473334
SEWER,ASPHYXIATED,TORSO,TRENCH,PLUMBING,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
At 1:45 p.m. on July 21, 1989, Employee #1 was asphyxiated while attempting to c onnect a sanitation sewer pipe 17 feet below ground level inside a trench when t he left wall of the trench caved in and buried him underneath the soil.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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