OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005156
EXCAVATION,REPAIR,WORK RULES,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee injured in excavation cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was trying to determine the exact location of a small steam leak in und the perimeter of the excavation. a 10 in. steam pipe in an approximately 16 ft diameter by 12 to 13 ft deep excav ation. The steam pipe was wrapped in asbestos, and a galvanized metal shield was set in place to seal the asbestos around the pipe. Employee #1 was in a crouche d position using an oxyacetylene torch to cut the galvanized metal shield when t he southeast wall of the excavation caved in, burying him. He was forced against a hot steam pipe. His body was buried for a total of 40 to 45 minutes, but his face and head were buried approximately 8 minutes. Employee #1 required hospital ization. The excavation was neither shored nor sloped because of small trees aro
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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