OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #738286
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee buried in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:15 p.m. on October 28, 1985, Employee #1 was making a connect ion in an approximately 30 ft long, 10 ft deep and 30 in. wide sewer trench. The trench caved in, covering Employee #1. He was rescued by the fire department ap proximately 20 minutes later. Employee #1 was not taken to the hospital. There w as no shoring or sloping of the trench.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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