OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566194
COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,CRUSHED,CAVE-IN
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
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#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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