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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736991

TRENCH,ABRASION,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN

Event
TRENCH,ABRASION,SHORING,SLOPING,CAVE-IN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
736991
Report ID
452110

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

  1. #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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