OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388952

CASTILLO EXCAVATING, INC.

LONGMONT, CO· 2021-09-07T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Buried, Collapse, Installing, Pipe, Sewer, Trench, Wall
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345516777
Employer profile: CASTILLO EXCAVATING, INC.
Summary number: 221388952
Report ID: 0830500
Project type: B
Construction end-use: G

Event description

Employee is killed in trench wall collapse

Investigation abstract

At 12:08 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee worked in a trench to replace an existing sewer line. At some point, the trench wall collapsed and buried the employee, who was killed by asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 87 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
853

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