OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304398
FRACTURE,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN,HIP,LEG
Event description
Employee injured when trench caves in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying sewer and water pipes in a trench that measured approxima tely 75 ft long, 14 ft wide, and 10 ft deep when a frozen block of dirt fell fro m the unshored side of the trench, striking him and pinning him to the bottom of the trench. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a broken leg, a broken hip, and p ossible broken ribs.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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