OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505457
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD
NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED IN TRENCH WHEN SIDE WALL COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 22, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A 16 FOOT DEEP UNSHORED TRENCH, CLEANING OUT THE END OF A 38 INCH SEWER PIPE. THE WALLS OF THE TRENCH CAVED IN. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS A CREW LEAD PERSON FOR A SEWER PROJECT NEAR SOME RAILROAD TRACKS AT THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH ATLANTIC STEET , NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, IN THE MURRY YARD OF BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD . IT WAS RAINING NEAR THE SITE BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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