OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490007
HANNA CONSTRUCTION INC.
TOWN OF NEW HARTFORD, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING A SEWER LINE AND WATER LINE. THEY B EGAN TO SET UP A HOLE HAWG TO BORE UNDER A ROAD WHERE THE WATER LINE WAS TO BE I NSTALLED. THE TRENCH THEY WERE IN WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET IN DEPTH AND DUG IN C LAY SOIL. A PIECE OF EARTH APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET LONG, 1 FOOT THICK, AND 1 FOOT W IDE FELL OFF THE WALL OF THE UNSHORED, UNSLOPED TRENCH AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST, UNDER HIS RIGHT ARMPIT. HE WAS PUSHED AGAINST THE OPPOSITE WALL OF T HE TRENCH AND SUFFERED FRACTURES TO HIS ARM AND WRIST, AS WELL AS SERIOUS INTERN AL INJURIES. (INCLUDING THE LOSS OF 60% OF HIS LIVER.) EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALI ZED FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 WEEKS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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