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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402530

MICKELS LANDSCAPE, INC.

Event
Asphyxiated, Collapse, Pipe, Trench, Unstable Soil
NAICS
238910
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345289581
Employer profile
MICKELS LANDSCAPE, INC.
Summary number
221402530
Report ID
0216000
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee is asphyxiated in trench collapse and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 12:36 p.m. on May 4, 2021, an employee worked to expose a pipe on the sidewall of the trench. At some point, the trench collapsed onto the employee, who was asphyxiated and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    869

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