OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221456387

BZR POWER DIVISION LLC

CALDWELL, ID· 2022-04-21T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Back, Chest, Conduit, Excavation, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Sand, Struck By, Supervision, Trench, Undrgrd Installation, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface
NAICS: 237130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345912760
Employer profile: BZR POWER DIVISION LLC
Summary number: 221456387
Report ID: 1032500
Project type: A
Construction end-use: O

Event description

One employee is killed, one is injured in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on April 21, 2022, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working in bottom of a trench connecting 6-inch conduit. The trench was 2 feet wide with vertical walls adjacent to sandy previously excavated soil. The trench depth was 4 feet to 6 feet. A full wall slab collapsed on the workers and covering their lower bodies. Employee #1 was killed due to being crushed and asphyxiated. Employee #2 was injured and was treated without hospitalization. The nature of the injury was not indicated in the original narrative.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7015
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
869

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