OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #994806
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC.
WHITESVILLE, KY·
Event description
Employee killed in trench wall collapse
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on April 24, 1988, Employee #1 and two coworkers wer e working in a trench, which had been open for approximately two hours. They had been in the trench for approximately one to five minutes when the trench walls collapsed. Employee #1 was struck in the chest and kidneys, and was killed. Extr emely dry soil conditions contributed to the hazardous condition of the trench.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 26
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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