OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520845

CROWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL· 1988-03-18T00:00:00

Event: TRENCH BOX, COLLAPSE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102578069
Employer profile: CROWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Summary number: 14520845
Report ID: 524530

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

#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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