OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170395818

HANNAN EXCAVATING, INC.

ONTARIO, NY· 1988-08-26T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, UNSTABLE SOIL, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18148601
Employer profile: HANNAN EXCAVATING, INC.
Summary number: 170395818
Report ID: 215800

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

#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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