OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535595
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying electric cable in an 8 to 9 foot deep trench when a wall caved in, burying him. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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