OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1005644
EXCAVATION,FRACTURE,SHOULDER,WORK RULES,INHALATION,RIB,BURIED,CAVE-IN,ANKLE
Event description
Employee injured when buried in cave-in
Investigation abstract
On March 15, 1989, Employee #1 and three coworkers were attempting to locate a w ion and ingestion of dirt. As of March 20, 1989, he remained hospitalized in sta ble condition. ater line break in a campus water system using a power shovel to excavate the pr obable break area. At 9:45 p.m., Employee #1 entered the excavation to see if th e water line had been reached. As he started to hand shovel dirt at the bottom, a side wall collapsed and buried him completely. The rescue squad was called and the crew supervisor then entered the excavation to locate Employee #1 and to at tempt to free his head. The rescue squad arrived and administered oxygen during the 45 minutes necessary to free him. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to Hami lton Hospital, suffering from a fractured clavicle, ribs, and ankle, and inhalat
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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