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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291587

EMBANKMENT,FRACTURE,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,PELVIS,UNSTABLE SOIL,CAVE-IN

Event
EMBANKMENT,FRACTURE,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,PELVIS,UNSTABLE SOIL,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14291587
Report ID
355118

Event description

Employee injured when pinned against concrete wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working at an excavation around a building foundation on the VPI campus. He was trampling dirt when the bank gave way. Employee #1 was pinned ag ainst the concrete wall and sustained a fractured pelvis, for which he was hospi talized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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