OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731638
TURF MAINTENANCE & EXCAVATING SERVICE
FT WAYNE, IN—
Event description
Employee killed in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:10 p.m. on April 19, 1985, Employee #1 was working in a 90-ft -long by 3-ft-wide by approximately 15-ft-deep open sewer trench on the west sid e of a driveway. He was putting down a stone base in which to lay a sewer pipe w hen the sides of the trench caved in and buried him. He died of asphyxia. The so il was a sand and clay mixture.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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