OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736991
TRENCH,ABRASION,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Event description
EMPLOYEE TRAPPED AND INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE IN
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a trench that was neither sloped nor shored. The trench wall caved in trapping Employee #1. He was hospitalized with bruises, contusions, and abrasions.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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