OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521405
R & M CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
TREMONT, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURIED TO WAIST IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A TRENCH LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 112 1/2 ELM STR UED FOR NOT SLOPING OR SHORING. EET, TREMONT, ILLINOIS. HE WAS WORKING AT THE WEST END OF THE TRENCH, INSTALLING A 12 1/2 FOOT SECTION OF SEWER LINE. THE TRENCH WAS 15 FEET LONG, 8 FEET DEEP, 4 FEET WIDE AT THE TOP AND 2 FEET WIDE AT THE BOTTOM. THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE TRENCH CAVED IN ON EMPLOYEE #1, BURYING HIM UP TO HIS WAIST. THE TRENCH WAS DUG IN PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED SOFT CLAY DIRT. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATI ON, BUT WAS NOT INJURED. THE OWNER OF THE R & M CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WAS WORKING NEAR THE TRENCH WHEN THE CAVE-IN OCCURRED. A TRENCH BOX COULD NOT BE USED, AS T HERE WERE POWER LINES BURIED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRENCH. A CITATION WAS ISS
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 0880
- Task assigned
- 1
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