OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570457
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
On April 17, 1985, Employee #1 was installing 4 in. flexible drain pipe in a tre nch 2 ft wide, 10 ft 6 in. deep, 50 ft long. The east side of the trench caved i n and covered him with approximately 2 ft of dirt. He was killed. No trench prot ection was being used.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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