OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554216
OMAHA PLUMBING COMPANY
OMAHA, NE·
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an approximately 10 ft deep trench, using hand tools to level the bottom prior to laying a 6 in. sewer pipe. The unshored trench caved in, an d he sustained injuries requiring hospitalization. Employee #1 had also been usi ng a Ford 555 tractor with an attached backhoe and scoop bucket to level the tre nch bottom.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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