OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822338
RTM DEVELOPMENT INC.
CHEVERLY, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN AN UNSHORED TRENCH WHICH WAS 5 FEET DEEP, 2 TO 6 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET LONG. HE WAS INSTALLING A 10 FOOT SECTION OF 3 FOOT PVC PIPE F OR AN AREAWAY DRAIN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURIED UP TO HIS CHEST WHEN A SECTION OF TH E TRENCH WALL COLLAPSED. HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TRENCH BY AN AREA RESCUE SQUAD AND TRANSPORTED TO CHEVERLY HOSPITAL. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED, HAVING SUSTAI NED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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