OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446561
RALPH HODGE CONSTRUCTION CO
RALEIGH, NC—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, who was also the employer, entered a trench to check the seal aroun d a sewer pipe where it entered a manhole casing. As he was bending down, a chun k of dirt slid off the wall of the trench, partially covering him. Employee #1 w as killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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