OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734038
S.C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY/COLUMBUS STREET TERMINA
CHARLESTON, SC·
Event description
UNSHORED TRENCH CAVED IN; EMPLOYEE INJURED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A COWORKER ENTERED A TRENCH TO REPLACE SOME BOLTS ON A FIRE MAIN FLANGE. THE TRENCH WAS 6 FEET DEEP, 10 FEET WIDE AND 22 FEET LONG. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG WHEN ONE SIDE OF THE TRENCH CAVED IN. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE W AS NOT HURT. THERE WAS NO SLOPING OR SHORING OF THE TRENCH. NO TRENCH BOX WAS US ED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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