OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762732
PRO-SPEC CONTRACTING CO INC
MEMPHIS, TN·
Event description
Employee dies in trench cave in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 died of injuries sustained during a trench wall cave-in.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- DIRT/SAND/STONE (12)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.