OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540579
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BACK,SHORING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee injures back in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing water pipe in an unshored 6 ft 8 in. deep trench. The side walls caved in and Employee #1 sustained serious back injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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