OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #800722
VANGUARD UTILITY SERVICE
GREENVILLE, SC·
Event description
Employee killed during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing a PVC pipe in a trench that was 14 feet deep by 18 in ches wide by 30 feet long when the trench caved in. Employee #1 sustained multip le internal injuries and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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