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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502678

AMERICAN PLUMBING INC

Event
CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,CAVE-IN,SLOPE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Planned
Activity number
#1575729
Employer profile
AMERICAN PLUMBING INC
Summary number
14502678
Report ID
729700

Event description

Employee injured in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 entered a trench that was neither shored nor sloped. He was injured when the trench caved in on him.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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