OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736660
WORK RULES,TRENCH,CAVE-IN
Event description
Two employees injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was trapped in a trench cave-in while installing a sewer line. He wa s hospitalized. While Employee #2 was rescuing Employee #1, he was standing on a rock and when another part of the trench fell in the ground backfilled. He was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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