OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526032
P.J. CONSTRUCTORS INC.
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were installing 36 in. diameter drainage pipe in a n approximately 8 ft wide by 10 ft deep by 30 ft long trench that ran east to we st. The soil on the walls was compacted lime rock and marl, with approximately 4 in. of blacktop capping. Employee #1 and the coworkers were adjusting the slipp ed filter fabric around the pipe when a section of the north wall caved in, crus hing Employee #1 against the west end of the installed section of pipe. He was k illed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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