OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510713
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in an 11 ft deep trench dug in clay and sandy soil. It h ad rained in the work area and water had to be drained from the trench before wo rkers could enter it. The side walls gave way and buried Employee #1, killing hi m. The trench walls had a slope of between 88 and 89 degrees, and they were not shored.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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