OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482087
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in an approximately 10 ft deep trench when a wall caved in. He was killed when crushed against the opposite wall of the trench. No safet y devices were in use at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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