OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977355
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,UNSTABLE SOIL,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Two employees killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were laying a 20 ft long by 15 in. diameter metal drainage p ipe in a 9 ft deep trench. The trench was approximately 6 ft across at the top a nd 3 ft across at the bottom. Employee #2 was standing on the pipe and Employee #1 was standing beside the pipe when the trench wall and the spoils dirt slid, c overing both employees with approximately 7 ft of soil and killing them. Their b odies were recovered four hours later.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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