OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673434

WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,STRUCK BY,BRACING,FALLING OBJECT

1987-06-02T00:00:00

Event: WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,STRUCK BY,BRACING,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 673434
Report ID: 728100

Event description

Employee killed by falling concrete wall

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on June 2, 1987, Employee #1 was installing a drain i n a 4 ft wide trench on the outside of a trench silo wall 8 in. thick, 12 ft hig h, and 93 ft long. The poured concrete wall fell and killed him. The wall was no t shored or braced. Causal factors include a lack of engineering and misjudgment of a hazardous situation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
43

Occupation code
865

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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