OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608315
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employees injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on September 23, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were prepa ring to start work in a trench that was 16 ft deep by 5 ft wide at the bottom an d 15 ft wide at the top. The walls were almost vertical and not shored. The nort h wall caved in, knocking both employees against the south bank and burying them . Employees #1 and #2 were taken to the hospital. Employee #1 was released and r eturned to work. Employee #2 was hospitalized for three days for observation.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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