OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691121

KNEE,TENDON,WORK RULES,TRENCH,ABRASION,SHORING,STRUCK BY,SLOPING,CAVE-IN,LEG

1989-08-30T00:00:00

Event: KNEE,TENDON,WORK RULES,TRENCH,ABRASION,SHORING,STRUCK BY,SLOPING,CAVE-IN,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691121
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's leg injured in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

At 11:04 a.m. on August 30, 1989, Employee #1 was in a 4-ft by 15-ft trench, rep lacing a galvanized iron water pipe with a 0.75-in.-diameter copper water line. A 1.5-ft chunk of the north side of the trench caved in. He suffered abrasions t o his leg and torn tendons in his knee.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M

Nature of injury
20

Part of body
15

Event type
1

Source
12

Occupation code
865

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
2

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