OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235634
SOBERASKI EXCAVATIONS INC
STEPHEN, MN—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a 3 ft wide by 10 ft deep trench with vertical sides, hooking up a new sewer pipe to a house connection. One wall of the trench caved in unde r the pavement, burying him. Employee #1 sustained five fractured ribs, arm and face injuries, and numerous bruises and contusions. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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