OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221548829

ARMANDO LEMUS

SPRING CITY, TN· 2022-04-16T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Construction, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Engulfed, Excavation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Residential Construction, Rock, Torso, Trench, Trench Digger, Unstable Soil, Work Surface
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346586928
Employer profile: ARMANDO LEMUS
Summary number: 221548829
Report ID: 0454713
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by trench wall collapse

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on April 16, 2022, an employee was digging in a approximately 10-foot deep trench with shovels and pick axes. The trench walls were unprotected and a wall collapsed on the employee. The employee was crushed and killed by the dirt and rocks.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7010

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