OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221414618
1855 EMPIRE BLVD., LLC
ROCHESTER, NY·
Event description
Employee is killed from trench cave-in
Investigation abstract
At 9:15 a.m. on November 7, 2021, an employee was in a trench, 11 feet 4 inches deep, looking for a lateral sewer line connection. The trench did not have cave-in protection. The trench walls caved in while the employee was using a shovel to dig into the trench wall and trapped him inside the trench. The employee was killed when the trench caved in on him, crushing his body.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 16
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