OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #741512
CHEST,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SHORING,UNSTABLE SOIL,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee injured during trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an approximately 14 ft long by 10 1/2 ft deep by 10 ft wide u nshored trench during a heavy rainfall, trying to locate an existing water line. As water gathered in the trench, the street end of the trench collapsed, trappi ng Employee #1 in mud up to his chest.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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