OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #761379
EXCAVATION,SHOULDER,TIBIA,LEG,FRACTURE,COLLAPSE,STRUCK BY,ARM
Event description
EMPLOYEES INJURED IN COLLAPSE OF EXCAVATION WALLS
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were injured when an excavation wall collapsed and fell on t t and suffered a dislocated right shoulder and a fractured bone in his right kne e. hem. The employees were spreading crushing gravel in an excavation for a footing in the construction of a parking garage. The excavation measured 33 ft long by 17 ft 6 in. wide at the front and 19 ft wide at the rear. The depth was 8 to 10 feet. The walls of the excavation were not sloped or shored. The ground was damp due to recent heavy rains. The excavation was not inspected by a competent pers on. While the employees were spreading gravel a section of the wall approximatel y 8 ft long by 8 ft high sheared off. Employee #1 was buried up to his waist and suffered a cracked tibia in his left leg. Employee #2 was buried up to his wais
Victims (2)
-
#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.