Trench Cave-Ins Kill

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
• Description:
  In Michigan, from 2001-2005, 8 workers have been killed when a trench wall collapsed and buried the worker. Five of these workers were working on making sewer pipe taps. These include: 1. 18-year-old male carpenter working on a sewer lead when a 9 ft trench wall collapsed. 2. 22-year-old male construction worker replacing a sewer lead to a residence when an 8 ft trench wall collapsed. 3. 37-year-old male plumber replacing a residential underground sewer pipe when a 9 ft trench wall collapsed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction-industry Construction-workers Excavation-equipment Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries Workers

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041085
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Department of Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, HA#9, 2006 Jul; :1
• Email:
  debra.chester@ht.msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State Department of Labor and Economic Growth
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Trench cave-ins kill
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f32e9889c4499de0b8fc776ddec15ef76b0b696970d72272ffa49db6b849020493ecb976b6d8a46dfe14a46a73beb8fd10d7b2515bfc9b1c8d0233cdc7a4e1d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228660/cdc_228660_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 749.57 KB ]