OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520845
TRENCH BOX,COLLAPSE,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed when buried by collapsed trench wall
Investigation abstract
Following removal of shoring from a 14 foot deep sewer trench, Employee #1 appar ently re-entered the trench for a missing tool. A portion of one of the trench w alls fractured and fell, pinning Employee #1 against the intact wall. He was kil led. The trench was dug through soil characterized as silty clay loam by the sta te soil survey. No sloping or benching of the trench walls had been employed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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