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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221744915

Asphyxiated,Caught In,Chest,Collapse,Construction,Crushed,Digging,Engineering Controls,Engulfed,Excavation,Falling Object,Foot,Hand Tool,Lack of Engineering Controls,Leg,Mason,Shovel,Soil,Trapped,Trench,Trench Box,Trench Digger,Unresponsive,Unstable Soil,Unstable Surface

Event
Asphyxiated,Caught In,Chest,Collapse,Construction,Crushed,Digging,Engineering Controls,Engulfed,Excavation,Falling Object,Foot,Hand Tool,Lack of Engineering Controls,Leg,Mason,Shovel,Soil,Trapped,Trench,Trench Box,Trench Digger,Unresponsive,Unstable Soil,Unstable Surface
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221744915
Report ID
0418100
Project type
B
Construction end-use
N

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while digging trench to find foo

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 20 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    563

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