OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14513980

WAYNE REED INC

TOLEDO, OH— 1984-11-12T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1565399
Employer profile: WAYNE REED INC
Summary number: 14513980
Report ID: 524700

Event description

Employee killed when buried in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in a 7 ft deep, unprotected trench. He was kneeling at t he edge of the trench when the approximately 7 ft long south wall collapsed. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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