OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567085
DON MOORHEAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
IRMO, SC—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee # 1 was laying pipe in a 19 ft deep by 10 ft wide by 35 ft long trench. A 10 ft high trench box was provided, but Employee #1 had left it to allow room to dig. The sides of the trench caved in and Employee #1suffered a fractured hi p, cracked ribs, and a bruised hip.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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