OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295448
FRALEY CONTRACTORS COMPANY
GLEN BURNIE, MD·
Event description
Employee caught in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:15 p.m. on November 7, 1985, Employee #1 was in a 30 ft long by 9 ft deep by 5 ft wide open trench, installing and positioning infiltration c loth. The wall of the trench caved in and buried Employee #1 to his waist. He wa s shaken up but did not sustain any physical injuries. The trench was not shored or otherwise supported, and the 18-year-old employee was not wearing ppe. He ha d received instructions from the job foreman on how to install the infiltration cloth.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- 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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