OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528269
WORK RULES,SHORING,CAVE-IN,BACKHOE BUCKET,FOOT,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY
Event description
1 CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED, 1 INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 AM ON APRIL 20, 1988, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE PREPARING T HOSPITALIZED. O "SHOOT THE GRADE" FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A 6 INCH DIAMETER AND 20 FEET LONG S ECTION OF PVC SEWER PIPE IN A TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS 60 FEET LONG, 8 FEET DEEP A ND 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE. THE WALLS WERE VERTICAL AND UNSHORED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN TH E TRENCH HOLDING THE GRADE POLE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AWAY, LOO KING THROUGH THE SIGHT INSTRUMENT. THE EAST BANK OF THE TRENCH CAVED IN, TOTALLY COVERING EMPLOYEE #1. HE DIED FROM SERIOUS HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED A FOOT INJURY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HELP DIG OUT EMPLOYEE #1. THE BUCKET OF THE BACKHOE STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT, CAUSING AN INJURY FOR WHICH HE WAS
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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