OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639997
JUDE ENTERPRISE
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A TRENCH THAT HAD NOT BEEN SHORED OR BRACED. A PIECE OF THE SOUTH WALL BROKE OFF AND CRUSHED HIM AGAINST THE NORTH WALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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