OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691527
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,ELBOW,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee's elbow fractured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a 16 ft long by 4 1/2 ft wide by 6 ft deep trench preparing t o lay a 4 in. PVC wastewater drain line when a 5 ft long portion of the east wal l collapsed. The employee attempted to restrain the collapsing soil and sustaine d an apparent fracture of his right elbow. It took emergency personnel approxima tely 25 minutes to free Employee #1, after which he was examined by paramedics a nd transported to the hospital for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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