OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547673
ALSTAR CONSTRUCTION
STERLING, AK·
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a trench when it caved in, burying him to his waist. A large chunk of earth broke his collarbone, and the pressure of the earth ruptu red his spleen and damaged several vertebrae in his lower back. The trench was n either shored nor sloped.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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