OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194476
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN SIDE OF TRENCH CAVED IN
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 2:30 PM ON DECEMBER 12, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A PIPE FITTER AND FOREMAN EM S WORKING THERE, BURYING HIM TO HIS WAIST AND CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS LOWER LEGS . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS AN EXPERIENCED PIPE-FITTER. MOSH TRENCH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WE RE NOT COMPLIED WITH. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS USED. PLOYED BY R.J.S CONTRACTORS INC., WAS WORKING IN A TRENCH AT 18200 GREAT SENECA HIGHWAY, GERMANTOWN, MARYLAND. A 380 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTI ON ON A LARGE (22 ACRE) WORKSITE. THE TRENCH WAS ABOUT 12 FEET DEEP, 3 1/2 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET LONG. THE TRENCH HAD BEEN DUG IN REDDISH BROWN, MOIST, VERY DEN SE, SILTY FINE SAND WITH ROCK FRAGMENTS. THE SOIL WAS VERY DAMP FROM THE PREVIOU S EVENING'S RAINFALL. THE SIDES OF THE TRENCH WERE NOT SHORED, SLOPED, BRACED OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTED. THE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A 15 INCH CONCRETE STORM DRA IN PIPE, 8 FEET LONG. THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRENCH CAVED IN WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WA
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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