OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304265
LONGO PUERTO RICO, INC.
BAYAMON, PR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE IN AT CONSTRUCTION SITE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM ON FEBRUARY 18, 1987, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE TRAPPED IN A TRENCH CAVE-IN AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE TRENCH WAS APROXIMATELY 15 TO 17 FE ET DEEP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED AND HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS NOT HURT. NO MEANS OF CAVE-IN PROTECTION WAS USED AT THIS TRENCH. (PUERTO RICO - TR ANSLATED FROM SPANISH.)
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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