OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332381
INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Two employees injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were installing telephone cord in a 7 ft 9 in. deep, 32 in. wide trench when the trench caved in, burying them. Both were hospitalized and l ater released.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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