OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170395818
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES WHEN BURIED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 P.M., ON OCTOBER 25, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BACKFILLING A T RENCH APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET LONG BY 12 FEET WIDE AND 8 TO 12 FEET DEEP WHEN A CR ACK DEVELOPED ON THE EAST SLOPE. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SHORED OR SLOPED AND HEAVY M ACHINERY WAS IN USE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRENCH. THE EAST SIDE COLLAPSED AND COM PLETELY BURIED EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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