OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #744946
THE DIGGS CORPORATION
OXON HILL, MD·
Event description
Three employees injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 were digging out around a 24 ft storm drain pipe near t he center of a 12 ft deep, 15 ft wide, and 40 ft long trench that was not proper ly shored. This trench was located between the north- and southbound lanes on Ro ute 210 (three lanes in each direction) and traffic was using all six lanes. The east wall caved in from under the blacktop roadway, striking all three employee s and covering Employee #1. He was pinned to the 24 in. pipe until he was dug ou t.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Supervisors, n.e.c. (558)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#3 Hospitalized Age 37 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- 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.