OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #981407
KLEIS CONSTRUCTION INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEES INJURED IN TRENCH CAVE IN
Investigation abstract
On April 3, 1989, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were shoveling dirt in a 13 ft squ g of the excavation. are by 10 ft deep excavation. A coworker heard a board crack and shouted to Empl oyee's #1 and #2 to get out of the excavation. Employee's #1 and #2 were unable to exit before the south side of the excavation caved in and were knocked down a nd covered by 6-in. by 6-in. and 2-in. by 8-in. whalers. Employee's #1 and #2 we re able to free and pull themselves from the excavation, and were treated on sit e by paramedics. Employee #1 suffered a cut above his right eye and Employee #2 suffered a strained muscle in his lower right leg. The whalers were not of prope r size and the cleats were left off, further no cross braces were used in shorin
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 54 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- DIRT/SAND/STONE (12)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 Male
- Nature of injury
- Strain/Sprain (20)
- Part of body
- LOWER LEG (18)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- DIRT/SAND/STONE (12)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.