OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527378

PARKER UTILITY CONTRACTORS, INC.

WALTHALL, MS· 1985-12-02T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SKULL, STRUCK BY, BURIED, CAVE-IN, SHOVEL
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100374941
Employer profile: PARKER UTILITY CONTRACTORS, INC.
Summary number: 14527378
Report ID: 419400

Event description

Employee killed when struck by shovel in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was setting up a laser target when the bank of a 12 to 13 foot trenc h caved in. He was buried under the soil and sustained a fractured skull when th e shovel he was holding struck him on the head. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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