OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539605
COLLAPSE,TRENCH,BURIED
Event description
TRENCH WALL COLLAPSED, TRAPPING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN A TRENCH, APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET DEEP, WHEN APPROXIMATELY 2 FEE T OF TRENCH WALL AND SPOILS PILE COLLAPSED. HE WAS BURIED AND KILLED. THE SOIL W AS COMPOSED OF HARD CLAY. A PREVIOUS EXCAVATION IN THE AREA OF COLLAPSE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLASPE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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