OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14513980
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed when buried in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a 7 ft deep, unprotected trench. He was kneeling at t he edge of the trench when the approximately 7 ft long south wall collapsed. He was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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