OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565774
APACHE PIPELINES, INC.
TEMPE, AZ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
APPROXIMATELY 10:20 AM ON JULY 29, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A LABORER WITH APACHE PIPE LINES, INC., WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A 4 X 8 FOOT SHEET OF PLYWOOD FROM A 10 FOOT D EEP, 24 INCH WIDE TRENCH. HE WAS BURIED WHEN THE SOUTH WALL OF THE TRENCH CAVED IN, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE NORTH WALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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