OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296636
PRIMO ELECTRIC COMPANY
LOTHIAN, MD·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by foreman falling into trench
Investigation abstract
At about 2:30 p.m. on June 1, 1987, Employee #1, an electrician employed by the trench and on top of Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries . Primo Electric Company, Baltimore, MD, was working in a trench at the Southern M iddle School, Lothian, MD. The trench was approximately 5 1/2 to 6 feet deep, 5 feet wide at the top, 3 1/2 feet wide at the bottom, and 8 to 15 feet long. Wher e it tapered to ground level the trench was adjacent to the concrete wall of a b uilding and was benched somewhat on one side. No other means of support for the sides was provided. While Employee #1 was in the trench taking measurements, the foreman was standing on the right top side of the trench near the edge, observi ng him. The soil under the foreman's feet gave way, causing him to fall into the
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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