OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690917
PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN
Event description
Two employees injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were in a trench. Employee #1 was washing and Employee #2 wa s on the north side of a concrete box. The south wall of the trench, which was m ade of wet clay, caved in and pinned Employee #1 against the concrete box. When Employee #2 jumped over a pipe to help free Employee #1, he was struck by a hand shovel. Both employees were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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