OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977157
CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,DROWN,SLOPING,CAVE-IN,WATER
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN TRENCH; WATER MAIN BROKEN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A PART TIME SUMMER LABORER, WAS RECONNECTING A SEWER LINE IN A 7 FO OT DEEP TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SHORED OR SLOPED. A CAVE-IN OCCURRED, TRAPPIN G EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE TRENCH AND RUPTURING A 6 INCH WATER MAIN LOCATED ABOUT 3 FE ET ABOVE THE SEWER LINE. THE TRENCH FILLED WITH WATER, DROWNING THE TRAPPED EMPL OYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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