OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488860
JOE DILEMME CONTRACTING
BROOKLYN, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING RETAINING WALL IN EXCAVATION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN AN SEWER LINE EXCAVATION, 39 FEET LONG BY 8 FEET DEEP BY 8 FEET WIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING IN THE PIT NEXT TO AN UNDERGROUND CONC RETE RETAINING WALL WHICH HAD BEEN UNEARTHED DURING THE OPERATION. WHEN THE RETA INING WALL FELL ON HIM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FATALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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