OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672907
SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee suffocates in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on June 22, 1989, Employee #1 was working in a 12 to 15 ft deep excavation that was open so a septic tank could be installed. The no rth, south, and east walls had some slope; the west wall, however, was vertical and had no shoring or sheeting. As work progressed, the west wall caved in and b uried Employee #1. A rescue crew removed Employee #1 from the excavation and tra nsported him to the hospital where he died at about 1:15 p.m.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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