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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736660

WORK RULES,TRENCH,CAVE-IN

Event
WORK RULES,TRENCH,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
736660
Report ID
452110

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)

  1. #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
  2. #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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