OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480743
MAHAN CONTRACTING
E. HANOVER, NJ·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 8, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A TRENCH, 15 FEET LONG, 4 FEET WIDE AND 6 1/2 FEET DEEP, TO PREPARE TO HOOK UP A SINGLE HOME SEWER LINE TO THE MAIN. AS HE WAS INSPECTING TO SEE IF THEY HAD REACHED THE MAIN, THE WEST WALL COLLAPSED A ND TRAPPED HIM IN THE TRENCH FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURIE S ON OCTOBER 24, 1987.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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