OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #653675
SEWER,EXCAVATION,COLLAPSE,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,PIPELINE,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee buried during excavation cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was buried up to his thigh when an excavation sidewall collapsed. He was pinned against a 42 in. concrete sewer line and sustained serious internal injuries, for which he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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