OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490999
MOHAWK MASONS INC.
CANASTOTA, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE TRAPPED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A CELLAR DRAIN IN A TRENCH WHICH VARIED IN DEPTH F ROM 5 FEET, 3 INCHES TO 6 FEET. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SLOPED OR SHORED. A FROZEN CH UNK OF SOIL BROKE OFF FROM ONE SIDE OF THE TRENCH AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRENCH. THE WEIGHT OF THE CHUNK OF SOIL ON THE EMPLOYEE'S CHEST PREVENTED HIM FROM BREATHING AND HE LOST CONSCI OUSNESS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REVIVED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND SUFFERED NO APPARENT LASTING INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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