OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14451462
CITY OF HENDERSON PUBLIC WORKS
HENDERSON, NV—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY ROCKS & DIRT (EXCAVATION WORK)
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE BOTTOM OF A UNSHORED, 13'7" DEEP EXCAVATION. THE SOIL IN THE EXCAVATION WAS LOOSE, SANDY AND ROCKY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION, PREPARING THE BOTTOM FOR A SEWER MAIN LINE AND A M AN HOLE. A WATER TRUCK PULLED UP NEXT TO THE EXCAVATION TO SPRAY THE BOTTOM OF T HE EXCAVATION. WHEN THE SPRAYING OPERATION WAS COMPLETED, THE WATER TRUCK DRIVER LEFT THE TRUCK WHERE IT WAS. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER IN THE BOTTOM OF T HE EXCAVATION, ONE SIDE OF THE EXCAVATION, AT THE TOP, GAVE WAY, SENDING ROCKS A ND SANDY DIRT ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. HE RECEIVED INJURIES TO HIS BACK AND BUTTOCKS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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