OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566251
NAVAJO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
SHOW LOW, AZ·
Event description
Employee's neck broken in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in an approximately 4 ft wide by 11 ft deep by 15 to 20 ft long trench. He was trying to locate a stub pipe from an existing manhole whe n the trench caved in, breaking his neck. The trench was not shored, sloped, she eted, or braced.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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