OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608034
K.A. SHIFLETT PLUMBING & HEATING
COLLEGE PARK, GA·
Event description
Employee injured during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a self-employed plumber, was in a 24 in. wide by 8 to 10 ft deep tr ench connecting a main sewer line to a newly constructed house. The trench caved in, trapping him. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital for treatment of in juries to his upper body and arm. He was released the next day. Employee #1 had some loss of feeling in his right arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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