OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503544
ZARDA BACKHOE SERV.
SHAWNEE, KS·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 19, was probing for an existing sewer line in the bottom of an approximately 11 ft deep trench when the unshored walls caved in. He died of suf focation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 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
- 1
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