OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689729
BARBAROSSA AND SONS INC
COON RAPIDS, MN—
Event description
Employee killed during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had examined a section of pipe casing at the bottom of a trench exca vation and decided to cut off a section of the pipe. As he lay prone, the west w all collapsed, trapping him. Employee #1 suffocated and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 844
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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