OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484331
WHITE BROTHERS EXCAVATION CO. INC.
LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying sewer pipe in an approximately 17 ft deep trench when a w all caved in. He sustained head and internal injuries, and died of asphyxia. The walls of the trench were neither shored nor sloped.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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