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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488860

EXCAVATION,WALL,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,RETAINING WALL,FALLING OBJECT

Event
EXCAVATION,WALL,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,RETAINING WALL,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14488860
Report ID
215000

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

  1. #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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