OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736991
DAUENHAUER AND SONS PLUMBING & PIPING CO.
LOUISVILLE, KY·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- BACK (3)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- DIRT/SAND/STONE (12)
- Occupation
- Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters (557)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.