OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512040
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee buried and killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an 88 ft long by 14 ft deep trench that was 2 ft 3 in. wide f rom the bottom to a height of 10 ft. When the west wall collapsed, he was buried and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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