OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666495
TRENCH BOX,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee injured during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a trench that was not shored or sloped or secured wit h a trench box. The side walls caved in, injuring him. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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