OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764431

ASPHYXIATED,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN

1988-05-25T00:00:00

Event: ASPHYXIATED,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 764431
Report ID: 931200

Event description

Employee buried and killed in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in an approximately 8 1/2 ft deep trench, setting grade for the installation of a 15 in. sewer line. The north side of the trench wall c aved in, burying him for approximately 10 minutes. Employee #1 died of asphyxia.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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