OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256457
FRACTURE,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,PELVIS,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 (THE COMPANY OWNER) WAS LOCATED IN A TRENCH, PREPARING TO CHECK THE LEVEL OF 16 INCH CASING THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED. HE LAID THE LEVEL ON THE CASIN G AND STARTED TO STAND UP. AT THAT TIME A SECTION OF THE TRENCH WALL, 5 FEET LON G, 3 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET DEEP, COLLAPSED AND BURIED HIM UP TO HIS SHOULDERS. TH E COLLAPSE WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY VIBRATION FROM A NEARBY BORING MACHINE THAT WA S POSITIONING THE CASING. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES IMMEDIATELY FREED EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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