OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #564146
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,UNSTABLE SOIL,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRENCH CAVES IN
Investigation abstract
On December 28, 1989, Employee #1, the owner of the company, was probing in a tr ench to locate a main sewer line when the sides of the trench caved in on top of him. The trench was open for approximately 20 feet and was 7 feet deep at the p lace of the cave-in. The earth was fill dirt.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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