OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543078
C & W GRADING COMPANY
LILBURN, GA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN TRENCH CAVED IN
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 11:55 AM ON JANUARY 29, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PROBING FOR THE SEWER MAI N IN A TIE-IN TRENCH. THE TRENCH WAS 12 FEET LONG, 6 FEET WIDE AND 12 FEET DEEP. THERE WAS NO SHORING INSTALLED AND THE TRENCH WALLS WERE ALMOST VERTICAL. EMPLO YEE #1 HAD JUST FINISHED PROBING AND WAS LEAVING THE TRENCH WHEN THE NORTH BANK CAVED IN AND COVERED HER UP TO THE CHEST. SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN RIGHT KNEE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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