OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14534986
SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a 7 ft trench when it caved in. He was buried under d irt and sand, and died of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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