OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502801
TRENCH,CRUSHED,SHORING,CAVE-IN
Event description
CRUSHED IN TRENCH CAVE IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE NUMBER 1 WAS SETTING GRADE WITH A LASER WHEN A CLOD OF DIRT FELL INTO T HE BEAM'S PATH. THE EMPLOYEE LEFT THE MANHOLE AND ENTERED THE TRENCH TO REMOVE T HE CLOD. THE UNSHORED WALLS CAVED IN, CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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