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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893305

FRACTURE,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN,FOOT

Event
FRACTURE,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CAVE-IN,FOOT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
893305
Report ID
355114

Event description

Employee injured in trench cave-in

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was in an approximately 12 ft deep trench installing cross bracing b etween two prefabricated wood walls. He was between the two walls and approximat ely 2 ft above the trench floor when the north wall collapsed. Employee #1 was p inned between the two wood walls and suffered a fractured foot.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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