OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801795
MCCALL BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO.
FORT MILL, SC·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1987, THREE PIPE LAYERS WERE WORKING IN A 54 FEET LONG, 6 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET DEEP TRENCH. THEY WERE LAYING 18 FOOT LENGTHS OF 18 INCH DIAMETE R DUCTABLE IRON PIPE. THE WALLS OF THE TRENCH CAVED-IN, TRAPPING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CAUSING HIS DEATH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SHORED, SLOPED OR OTHERWISE BRACED, AND T HE EXCAVATED MATERIAL WAS PILED 6 FEET HIGH DIRECTLY AT THE EDGE OF THE TRENCH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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