OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540108
SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 3, 1987, Employee #1 was collecting mine ral samples in an approximately 12 ft deep by 3 ft wide trench when a wall caved in. He was crushed and died of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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