OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707968
GRIFFITH BROTHERS CO., INC.
OWINGS MILLS, MD·
Event description
TRENCH COLLAPSED; EMPLOYEE BURIED UP TO HIS WAIST
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A 5 FOOT DEEP TRENCH WHICH WAS 10 FEET LONG AND 2 FEE T WIDE, LOCATED ALONG A CHIMNEY FOOTING. THE SIDE OF THE TRENCH SUDDENLY COLLAPS ED AND PUSHED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE CHIMNEY WALL. HE WAS BURIED TO JUST ABOVE HIS WAIST. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. THE SOIL WAS DRY FILL D IRT, WITH MODERATE TO HIGH SAND CONTENT. IT WAS SOFT IN TEXTURE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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