OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458293
DAISEY BROTHERS INCORPORATED
LAPLATA, MD—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were using shovels and pry bars to lay pipe in a 2 1/ 2 ft wide by 6 ft deep by 40 ft long trench. The trench had been dug with a powe r backhoe in unstable soil. One side of the trench caved in, burying Employee #1 to his chest. He sustained a contusion to the abdomen which caused internal inj uries. The trench had vertical sides with no shoring of any kind. Employees rece ived on-the-job safety training and irregularly scheduled toolbox safety trainin g. The employees did not use hard hats or any other ppe.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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