OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14371710
RAPID PLUMBING INC.
WEST CHESTER, OH—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an unshored, unsloped 10 to 11 ft deep trench, making a sewer tap at a new home in a housing development. He was making a connection to PVC p ipe when the left side wall of the trench collapsed or sloughed off, covering hi m. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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