OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660365
MAROTTA LANDSCAPING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
TAUNTON, MA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING AN 8 INCH PVC SEWER PIPE IN A 14 FOOT DEEP TRENCH. TH E TRENCH WAS NOT SLOPED OR SHORED. THE TRENCH WALLS COLLAPSED, BURYING THE EMPLO YEE. HE DIED OF SUFFOCATION. THE EMPLOYER HAD DECIDED THAT SHORING WAS NOT REQUI RED OR NECESSARY FOR THE TRENCH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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