OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251672
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,PELVIS,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN,CONTUSION
Event description
Employee breaks pelvis in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 30, 1988, Employee #1 was smoothing the gra vel in a 10 ft deep trench. From the bottom to the 5 ft deep level the trench wa s 3 ft wide; above that it was approximately 7 ft wide. The trench was open for approximately 30 ft. The walls above and below the benches were almost vertical. The east bank of the trench started to cave in and a coworker yelled for Employ ee #1 to get out of the trench. As Employee #1 tried to run out, he was caught i n full stride and buried. The coworker dug Employee #1 out. Employee #1 was stab ilized at the hospital with a broken pelvis and internal bruising.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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