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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566194

COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CAVE-IN

Event
COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14566194
Report ID
950411

Event description

EMPLOYEE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 ON AUGUST 22, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED WHEN THE EAST WALL OF THE TRENCH IN WHICH HE WAS WORKING COLLAPSED. AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDE NT, THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY PARAMEDICS AND TREATED FOR H IS INJURIES.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    558
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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