OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975938
TROYER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
WAWAKA, IN·
Event description
Employee killed when unshored wall collapses
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning loose dirt from the bottom of a 30 to 32 in. deep excav ation when a 14 ft long by 6 ft high by and 8 in. wide retaining wall fell on hi m, killing him. The excavation was 2 ft wide and was at the base of the retainin g wall. The wall was unshored.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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