OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539183
LOVETT PLUMBING CO
BOWLING GREEN, KY·
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an approximately 15 ft deep trench connecting CRP pipe when t he side of the trench caved-in. He was buried under approximately 3 ft of dirt, and died of suffocation. The trench walls had been neither shored nor sloped, an d no trench shield was in use.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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