OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639823
ABBOTT PLUMBING
SICKLERVILLE, NJ·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2, PLUMBERS, WERE WORKING TO UNCLOG A SEWER LINE FROM A HOME. THEY HAD DUG A TRENCH, BUT HAD NEITHER INSTALLED SHORING NOR SLOPED THE SIDE BAN K BACK TO THE PROPER ANGLE OF RESPOSE. EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE TRENCH AND SLIPPE D. HIS ARMS STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE BANK. THE BANK FELL ON HIM, BURYING AND KILLI NG HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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