OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732461
ENGLISH EXCAVATING & PLUMBING COINC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON NOVEMBER 6, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING AND LEVELL ING 6 INCH SEWER PIPE IN A 90 FEET LONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET DEEP TRENCH. T HE TRENCH WALLS WERE NOT SLOPED OR SHORED, AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS GRADING FOR FALL. THE SOUTH BANK CAVED IN, COVERING EMPLOYEE #1 WITH DIRT. HE RECEIVED BRUISES OVE R MOST OF HIS BODY, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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