OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566160
CITY OF PHOENIX WATER DISTRIBUTION
PHOENIX, AZ·
Event description
Employee's leg broken in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 12, 1986, Employee #1 was working as a backh oe operator in a trench when a wall caved in. He suffered a broken right leg and was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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