OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221470503

RON SMITH INC.

VILLANOVA, PA· 2022-02-23T00:00:00

Event: Caught In, Collapse, Collapsed lung, Fracture, Installing, Pelvis, Pipe, Rib, Sewer, Spine, Trench, Unstable Soil, Wall, Water
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345800486
Employer profile: RON SMITH INC.
Summary number: 221470503
Report ID: 0317900
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employees are caught in trench collapse, receive multiple in

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on February 23, 2022, Employee 1 and Employee 2 worked in a ten-foot-deep trench to install a new sewer pipe. At some point, the trench wall collapsed and both employees were caught in the collapsed soil. Both employees were hospitalized to treat fractures to two ribs, spine, pelvis and tailbone, and a collapsed lung.

Victims (2)

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
869
#2 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
869

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