OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #657635
TRENCH BOX,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE SOIL,CAVE-IN
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN CRUSHED IN CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON JULY 1, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A TRENCH BOX. SUDDENLY A LARGE VOLUME OF SOIL THAT CAVED IN AND ENTERED THE OPEN END OF THE TR ENCH BOX STRUCK HIM AND CRUSHED HIM AGAINST THE TRENCH BOX'S SIDE. HE WAS KILLED .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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