OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557524
RODGERS PLUMBING & HEATING INC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were connecting 7 in. PVC sewer pipe in a 7 ft deep b y 4 ft wide by 50 ft long trench. The trench was cut vertically into a 3 ft laye r of hard earth that lay atop a level of sandy soil. Employee #1 was walking pas t a stretch of the sandy material when it gave way. A slab of the hard upper soi l came loose and struck him in the chest. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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