OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489942
CASE BORING CORP.
ILION, NY—
Event description
Employee killed when excavation shoring collapses
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 20, 1985, Employee #1 and three coworkers w ere boring a hole to push a 20 in. casing underneath a road. Employee #1 was in the approximately 9 ft wide by 32 ft long by 7 ft deep excavation. Two 8 ft by 1 5 ft by 3/4 in. steel plates without horizontal braces had been placed against t he north and south walls of the excavation at an angle of approximately 30 degre es. The plate on the south wall tipped over and pinned Employee #1 against the c asing, crushing his chest. He suffered cardiac arrest as a result of internal in juries, and was pronounced dead approximately 45 minutes later.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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