OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453856
VAN BUSKIRK CONSTRUCTION
RIVERSIDE, IA—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was relaying a section of 30-in.-diameter concrete reinforced pipe i nto a trench that was more than 9 ft deep. After cleaning the spigot and an exis ting pipe, he started to walk out of the trench. A backhoe operator noticed the south wall beginning to move and yelled to Employee #1 to get out of the trench. Employee #1 started to run, but was buried against the north wall. He died of s uffocation due to internal injuries. The trench was dug in fill dirt and the ban ks were not shored.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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