OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14544506
SKINNER EXCAVATING
HONESDALE, PA·
Event description
Two employees killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At 5:30 p.m. on August 7, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were in an 11 to 14 ft deep trench, installing a sluice drain pipe in the center of the Sunrise Trailer Park in Honesdale Borough, PA. A wall or walls of the soft, clay-type soil caved in, burying them. Employees #1 and #2 died of suffocation. The trench was neither s hored nor sloped.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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