OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14270037
E & F CONSTRUCTION CO
MIDDLETOWN, CT—
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in a trench using hand shovels to uncover a water line. The backhoe operator told them to move away so that he could remove more of the material. As the employees re-entered the trench, a side wall collapsed, pinnin g them inside the trench. Employee #1 was fatally injured; Employee #2 sustained a dislocated shoulder.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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