OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252696
RAMEY INC
WINSTON SALEM, NC—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a 9 1/2 ft deep trench to prepare for laying a 24 in. water pipe. The wall of the trench sheared off, caving in on Employee #1. He sustained fractures to both legs and was hospitalized. No shoring, sloping, or other prec autions had been taken to prevent a cave-in.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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