OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14523260
PAUL A. STADTMAN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
INDEPENDENCE, OH·
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)
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#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
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#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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