OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #676338
FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,BACK,LACERATION,FALL,UNSTABLE SOIL,LOST BALANCE,VERTEBRA,CONTUSION
Event description
Employee injured from fall into 15 ft deep trench
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing with his weight resting on a trench shield that was 15 ft deep. The weight of his body displaced soil at the bottom of the trench, caus ing the shield to settle deeper in the trench and Employee #1 to lose his balanc e. He fell headfirst into the 15 ft deep trench. Employee #1 sustained cuts, bru ises, and a fractured vertebra in the lumbar region of his back.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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