OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541866
HARP GRADING COMPANY INC
SMYRNA, GA—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were laying 8 in. clay pipe in a 10 ft deep trench tha t was dug in sandy soil with visible slickheads. A slickhead caved in and buried Employee #1, killing him. The trench was neither sloped nor shored.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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