OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #954552
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,COLLARBONE,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,SLOPING,BURIED,CAVE-IN
Event description
Employee's collarbone fractured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:30 a.m. on May 22, 1989, Employee #1 was using a shovel to g rade the base of a trench, which measured 150 ft long, 17 in. wide, and 6 ft dee p. The sides were vertical. The area at the west side of the trench had been exc avated and backfilled for the installation of a natural gas line. The gas line h ad been installed three days earlier on May 19, 1989. While Employee #1 was work ing in the trench, its west side caved in, covering him to the top of his head. Employee #1 was rescued from the trench and hospitalized with a broken collarbon e.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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