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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #800722

INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN

Event
INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
800722
Report ID
454510

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

  1. #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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