OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568893
PACIFIC UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION
GRESHAM, OR—
Event description
Employee injured in trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a 12 ft deep trench, installing 4 in. diameter plastic pipe f or an underground telephone line. He had stepped out of the shored area and was bending over to sight the grade of the trench when a section of the bank gave wa y, striking him from behind. Employee #1 was buried and pinned by dirt and rocks . Coworkers immediately jumped into the trench and pulled him out. Employee #1 w as conscious and breathing, but he sustained multiple injuries, including broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a broken ankle.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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