OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455109
MCDERMOTT EXCAVATION COMPANY
DUBUQUE, IA·
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was manually digging in a 10 to 12 ft deep trench, trying to locate a sewer connection. The trench caved in, burying him about 2 ft below the soil l evel. Employee #1 was dug out after about 5 minutes. He suffered nerve damage in his left arm, for which he was hospitalized. The trench was not adequately slop ed and no shoring was in use.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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