OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672410
TRENCH BOX,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed when buried in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on September 1, 1987, Employee #1, a laborer, was lay ing sewer pipe in a trench 11 ft deep by 39 in. wide by approximately 95 ft long . The walls were vertical and not shored, sloped, or otherwise supported. The pi pe bedding had been brought to the trench and was being lowered in by a backhoe loader when the north bank of the trench caved in. Employee #1 was buried and ki lled.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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