OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #517094
ODAX INCORPORATED
SAN FRANCISCO, CA·
Event description
Employee killed in excavation cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:10 a.m. on May 20, 1988, Employee #1 was removing soil from an approximately 40 by 30 foot excavation. An approximately 10 foot section of t he west wall collapsed, burying and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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