OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563787
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,COLLARBONE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,ABRASION,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN,CONTUSION
Event description
Three employees injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in a 13 ft deep trench when a portion of the trench wal imately 3 ft 11 in. wide and had vertical walls where it caved-in. l caved in, burying Employee #1 to his waist. Employee #2 started digging out Em ployee #1 by hand, and Employee #3 jumped into the trench to help. Employee #2 s aw that the wall was going to cave in a second time, and covered Employee #1 wit h his body. A larger section of the trench wall then collapsed, burying all thre e employees under 2 to 3 ft of clay soil. Employee #1 suffered a broken collarbo ne and a broken jaw, and Employee #3 sustained bruises and abrasions. The hospit al would not release information on the nature and extent of Employee #2's injur ies. However, he was in the ICU at the time of inspection. The trench was approx
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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