OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #825349
T C SIMONS INC
COCKEYSVILLE, MD·
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a 10 ft deep and 3 ft wide trench so that he could use a sho fore the trench collapsed, water had been trickling into the trench and there wa s approximately 1 1/2 ft of standing water at the bottom of the trench. vel to uncover a Y-connection for a sewage hook-up. The east wall collapsed and he started up the ladder, but the collapsed wall forced him and the ladder backw ard, pinning him against the west wall. While efforts were being made to free Em ployee #1, the trench filled with water from a dry well just north of the trench . The water filled around his head but a short length of hose was provided to al low him to breathe until he could be freed. His injuries included lacerations an d contusions to the head, face, chest, arms, and legs. These injuries resulted m ostly from the ladder being forced against Employee #1 by the collapsed wall. Be
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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