OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732552
ASPHYXIATED,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BRACE,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying 8 inch PVC sewer pipe and checking the grade in a trench that was about 60 feet long, 10 feet deep, 5 to 7 feet wide at the top, and abou t 3 feet wide at the bottom. The trench caved in and the employee died of asphyx ia. The trench was not shored or braced, nor was it sloped to the angle of repos e.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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