Trench Wall Collapses DO Kill

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University
• Description:
  From 2001-2018, 30 workers have died while working in a trench, 20 of whom died when the trench wall collapsed and buried the worker. MIOSHA defines a trench as an excavation (any man-made cavity or depression in the earth's surface, including its sides, walls, or faces, formed by earth removal) having a depth greater than its width measured at the bottom. Worker deaths in trenches have also been caused by electrocution, asphyxiation, drowning, and being struck by objects (such as an excavator bucket, geofoam block, water tank, and backhoe). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Workers Excavation Equipment Excavations Hazards Trenches Trenching
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• 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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066707
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2019 Jun; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Trench wall collapses DO kill
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a96a73b98a0d3086fe98d632238ef05da197989357210f0fe102906a91317b9831a164a72006cdf5f60b951e2acbb708a511b92c4f686fec42cb23370259884a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229139/cdc_229139_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 386.27 KB ]