OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455604
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—
Event description
BURIED IN TRENCH CAVE-IN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:26 PM ON APRIL 24, 1984, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTA H WAS BURIED IN A TRENCH UP TO HIS KNEES. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN TIBTA IN HIS RIGH T LEG. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON CAMPUS GROUNDS; SPECIFICALLY, THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUILDING #11 (THE BROWNING BUILDING).
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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