OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566467
PIPELINE SPECIALISTS INC
GLENDALE, AZ—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was fine grading a trench with fill that was being thrown down by tw o coworkers when the trench caved in. Employee #1 was trapped under 3 ft of dirt for approximately 5 minutes; he suffered three broken ribs and a dislocated sho ulder. The trench was not adequately shored nor was it sloped. The trench was 7 ft 15 in. deep at the site of the accident, with an overall length of approximat ely 234 ft long The trench was not adequately shored nor was it sloped.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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