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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666495

TRENCH BOX,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN

Event
TRENCH BOX,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
666495
Report ID
112300

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

  1. #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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