OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507453
WESTERN EXCAVATING
PINE JUNCTION, CO·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning fallen dirt clods from the bottom of a 7 ft deep by 2 f t wide trench when the east side collapsed, killing him. The trench had been dug by a coworker in preparation for installing a residential water line
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 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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