OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851303
JOSSART CONSTRUCTION CO INC
GREEN BAY, WI·
Event description
Employee killed in collapse of trench wall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a pipe layer, was working alone at the bottom of a 22 ft deep trenc h. An 8 ft deep trench box was located in the excavation elevated approximately 8 feet above the trench bottom. A portion of an unshored wall, below the bottom of the trench box, collapsed. Employee #1 was buried under 3 ft of clay and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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