OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517734
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At 4:00 p.m. on November 15, 1985, Employee #1 was in a trench at the intersecti on of two streets. He was digging out dirt from around a pipe when the trench wa ll on the street side collapsed. Employee #1 was thrown against the pipe and bur ied. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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