OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891259
BRIGHAM & DAY PAVING CO., INC.
GAITHESBURG, MD·
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an 11 ft 2 in. deep by 8 ft wide by 18 ft long trench, cleari ng an area in which to lay concrete storm pipe. The trench, which had not been a dequately sloped or shored, caved in. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a broken back.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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