OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494223
JAMES E. REGAN CONTRACTORS
EL PASO, TX·
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED, ONE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A 21 FOOT DEEP OPEN TRENCH BEING DUG FOR A SEWER TAP TO LOCA TE THE MAIN SEWER LINE. THE NORTH WALL OF THE TRENCH COLLAPSED AND ENGULFED EMPL OYEE #1. IN A RESCUE ATTEMPT, EMPLOYEE #2 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WENT INTO THE TRE NCH TO DIG OUT EMPLOYEE #1. THE TRENCH'S SOUTH WALL THEN COLLAPSED, TRAPPING THE M ALSO. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED FROM ASPHYXIA. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR APPAREN T LEG PARALYSIS. THE THIRD EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INJURED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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