OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976324
MATRIX CONSTRUCTION INC
LAWERENCE, IN·
Event description
Employee killed during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At about 5:00 p.m. on February 23, 1988, Employee #1, a construction worker, was laying pipe at the bottom of a trench that was 15 feet deep, 133 feet long, and 44 to 48 inches wide when a wall caved in. The trench did not have shoring, a t rench box, or sloping. Employee #1 was buried up to his neck. He sustained numer ous lacerations, punctures, and contusions to the front part of his face, arms, and body. He had one abrasion to the back side of the body. Employee #1 died of multiple blunt force injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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