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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #979195

CONSTRUCTION,TORSO,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,SHOVEL

Event
CONSTRUCTION,TORSO,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,SHOVEL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
979195
Report ID
950411

Event description

Employee injured when knocked into trench by power shovel

Investigation abstract

At approximately 5:10 p.m. on April 9, 1990, Employee #1 was standing on the edg e of an 11 1/2 ft deep trench when he was struck by a power shovel and knocked i nto the trench. Suffering injuries to his upper torso, Employee #1 was transport ed to the hospital.

Victims (4)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  3. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  4. #983 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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