OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #852244
ASPHYXIATED,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRENCH WALL COLLAPSES
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing some excess dirt in a trench with a jack hammer when th e trench wall collapsed and he was asphyxiated.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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