OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675082
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee uninjured when caught in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was laying a 42 in. sewer line in a trench that was approximately 60 ft long by 8 to 10 ft deep by 12 ft wide at the top, and 6 ft wide at the botto m. The trench was not shored and was inadequately sloped with 80-year-old fill d irt that had glass, concrete, and old lumber throughout. When the north wall sta rted to crack, the backhoe operator yelled to alert Employee #1. Employee #1 sta rted to run, but the north wall caved in and buried him from the waist down. He was transported to the hospital and released the next day, having suffered no in juries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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