OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14559587
GERALD ADAMS GENERAL CONTRACTOR
BAIROIL, WY·
Event description
Welder killed in excavation cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a welder, was repairing a pipeline when the side of an excavation c aved in on him. Employee #1 died of internal injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 47 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- DIRT/SAND/STONE (12)
- Occupation
- Welders and cutters (783)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- FLYING OBJECT ACTION (5)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.