OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516546
W. S. T. INCORPORATED
SARASOTA, FL·
Event description
Employee injured in excavation cave-in, later dies
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were building a retaining wall for a retention pond at uth end of the excavation.. a shopping center under construction. The job called for an excavation along th e wall's length. When the employees reached the south end of the wall, they were unable to properly slope the final stretch of the excavation because it was at the property line. They also did not think they could properly shore the approxi mately 8 ft 4 in. tall, nearly vertical wall of dirt.. Employee #1 and three cow orkers were tying rebar for the wall footer the dirt wall collapsed, burying Emp loyee #1 to his waist. He was taken to the hospital, where he died 26 days later . The primary cause of the accident was the lack of sloping or shoring at the so
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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