OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447866
CITY OF SPRING VALLEY
SPRING VALLEY, MN—
Event description
TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
TWO WORKERS WERE REPAIRING A SEWER PIPE IN A EXCAVATION 10FT 6 INCHES DEEP X 16 FT 6 INCHES WIDE X 23 FT LONG. THE SOIL CONSISTED OF SAND BOULDERS & CLAY, WHICH WAS WATER SATURATED DUE TO A BROKEN WATER LINE. THE SIDES OF THE TRENCH WERE NO T SHORED, SHEETED, BRACED, SLOPED OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTED. TWO CAVE-INS RESULTED, BURYING EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS RESCUED. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG AND RIB. THE SEC OND EMPLOYEE SUFFERED ONLY A BRUISED LEG.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 448
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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