OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606947
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,PELVIS,SHORING,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN,FALLING OBJECT,UNTRAINED
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 a.m. on July 29, 1987, Employee #1 was in a 17 foot deep, 4 foot wide t rench, laying an 8 inch sewer pipe for a new residential subdivision. No shoring , sloping, or trench box was in use. No hard hats were being worn. No ladder was in the trench. Employee #1 entered the trench by climbing down the back fill, w hich was more than 150 feet from where the employees were working. A stickhead c ame off the side wall, striking Employee #1. He suffered two broken legs, a brok en arm, a broken pelvis, and other injuries. As of August 6, 1987, Employee #1 w as still in critical condition in intensive care. No training was given to Emplo yee #1 concerning trenching hazards.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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