OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457220
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,PELVIS,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,CAVE-IN,HIP
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing a 4 in. diameter drain line in a 24 ft long by 3 1/2 ft wide by 7 ft deep trench when the west side of the trench collapsed at the no rth end. He was buried up to his chest, and sustained injuries to his pelvis and hip. The sides were nearly vertical, with little to no sloping. There was no sh oring. The backfilled area had a loamy granular soil with small to medium rocks. A spoil pile was on the east edge of the trench.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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