OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #744615
PLEASANT EXCAVATING CO, INC
BETHESDA, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED WHEN TRENCH CAVED-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPLYING CONCRETE MORTAR TO MANHOLE JOINTS INSIDE A 30 FOOT LONG , 11 FEET DEEP AND 5 FEET, 6 INCHES WIDE TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS NOT SHORED, SLOP ED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED FROM A CAVE-IN. SUDDENLY THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRENCH C AVED-IN, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRENCH. HE WAS HOSPIT ALIZED WITH SHOULDER INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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