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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221471238

Asphyxiated,Caught In,Collapse,Competent Person,Construction,Crushed,Excavation,Excavator,Lack of Engineering Controls,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,Pipe,Plumbing,Residential Construction,Sewer,Struck By,Trapped,Trench,Unstable Position,Unstable Soil,Unstable Surface

Event
Asphyxiated,Caught In,Collapse,Competent Person,Construction,Crushed,Excavation,Excavator,Lack of Engineering Controls,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,Pipe,Plumbing,Residential Construction,Sewer,Struck By,Trapped,Trench,Unstable Position,Unstable Soil,Unstable Surface
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221471238
Report ID
0830500
Project type
C
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee is killed after being asphyxiated in excavation

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7010

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