OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762906
H & B CONSTRUCTION & UTILITY SERVICE
SUNBRIGHT, TN·
Event description
Employee's leg amputated by trenching machine
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on March 16, 1989, a gas line was damaged by a Ditch Witch trenching machine which was being used for gas line installation, and exc avation of the 18 in. trench was halted. Employee #1 began removing soil from ar ound the gas line to enable repair work to continue. Once work was complete a co worker began trenching while Employee #1 remained in place. Employee #1 became e ntangled in the trenching chain, amputating his right leg just below the hip. Em ployee #1 required hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- SHEAR POINT ACTION (3)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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.