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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14523260

CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,CAVE-IN

Event
CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14523260
Report ID
522300

Event description

ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN

Investigation abstract

TWO CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WERE LAYING 8 INCH EBS PIPE IN AN 11 FOOT DEEP TRENCH . THE SOIL WHERE THE TRENCH WAS DUG WAS MOSTLY ROCK OR VERY HARD CLAY. ALTHOUGH ONE EMPLOYEE DID NOTICE SOME FRACTURED SHALE, HE DID NOT BRING IT TO ANYONE'S AT TENTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED AND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED WHEN A POCKET O F FRACTURED SHALE BROKE OUT OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SLOPED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT THE COLLAPSE OF THIS FRACTURED MATERIAL.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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