OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522452
GEMINI CONTRACTORS INC
GENEVA, OH—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an approximately 11 ft deep by 2 ft wide by 12 ft long trench helping the operator to maintain elevation and getting ready to clean out aroun d a T-juncture. Employee #1 was stooped over the T-intersection when the upper o ne-third section of the corner sloughed off from the main trench. The collapsed brown and blue clay soil reached about 6 to 10 ft south and 3 ft back (west), bu rying Employee #1. Coworkers were unable to dig him out before he died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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