OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433014

PETERSON BROS CONSTRUCTION INC

HONOLULU, HI· 2022-01-29T00:00:00

Event: Collapse, Engulfed, Internal Injuries, Trapped, Trench, Unstable Soil, Wall
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345756522
Employer profile: PETERSON BROS CONSTRUCTION INC
Summary number: 221433014
Report ID: 0951510
Project type: E
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee is killed in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on January 29, 2022, an employee worked in a seven-foot-deep trench to take measurements with a laser. While working a section of the trench wall collapsed, engulfed, and trapped the employee. The employee was killed by internal injuries received.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
869

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