OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821140
D&R CONTRACTING, INC.
GAITHERSBURG, MD·
Event description
Employee injured when trapped in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a metal rod to probe for a sewer line in a 15 ft deep, 12 ft long, and 3 ft wide trench. He was working between two hydraulic jacks that h ad been installed in the trench. The top side of the trench's west bank caved in , trapping him. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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