OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542765
HARD HAT,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying 8 in. PVC sewer pipe in a 10 ft deep trench with vertical walls. The trench caved in, killing him. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat , there was no ladder in the trench and the spoil pile was located at the edge o f the trench.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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