OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255343
J&C GRADING
DURHAM, NC·
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:45 p.m. on March 26, 1986, Employee #1 was preparing to lay a length of pipe in a trench that was 20 ft long by 32 in. wide by 64 in. deep. The trench had been excavated in damp clay soil. The vertical walls were neither shored nor otherwise protected. Employee #1 had just graded the trench and was preparing to climb out so that the pipe could be inserted when a portion of the west wall caved in. He was pinned against the east bank and partially covered wi th soil. Employee #1 was hospitalized with serious internal injuries to the ches t.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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