OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490098
KNEE,PILE DRIVER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,SPRAIN,CONTUSION
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED, ONE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING IN A TRENCH INSTALLING 12 INCH D.I.P. AND A 2 I ED KNEE. NCH COPPER WATER LINE. AS THEY WERE SETTING THE THIRD SECTION OF 18 FEET LONG D. I.P. PIPE THEY NOTICED SOIL FALLING INTO THE TRENCH. AS THEY WERE WORKING A PILE DRIVER WAS OPERATING APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET NORTH OF THE TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SHORED, SHEETED, OR SLOPED. THE TRENCH SIDES WERE COMPOSED OF SOFT FILL MATE RIAL AND WERE ALMOST VERTICAL. THERE WERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPOILS NEXT TO THE EA ST EMBANKMENT. CHUNKS OF SOIL SLID OFF THE FACE OF THE EAST BANK AND TOPPLED ONT O EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2. THEY WERE BURIED APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET DEEP IN THE TRENCH . EMPLOYEE #1 DIED. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED BRUISES, PULLED LIGAMENTS, AND A SPRAIN
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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