OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690891
FRACTURE,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,PELVIS,CONCRETE PIPE,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a 5 ft deep by 11 ft wide trench taking measurements for a lo op for a fire hydrant water line. The north bank of the trench caved in, pinning him against a concrete pipe. Employee #1 sustained a broken pelvis and was kill ed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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