OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541767
MARETT PROPERTIES, INC.
MARIETTA, GA—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was instructed to clean out loose dirt and debris from the bottom of a trench formed by a concrete foundation wall and a vertical earthen wall about 2 1/2 feet away. He was shoveling the loose material onto the top of the soil b ank when a large section of earth broke loose and fell onto him, burying him fro m his shoulders down.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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