OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221626468

AL'S ENGINEERING

TUSTIN, CA· 2023-12-20T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cathead, Cave-In, Collapse, Excavation, Fracture, Shoring, Skull, Struck By, Traumatic, Trench, Trench Box
NAICS: 237990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347179178
Employer profile: AL'S ENGINEERING
Summary number: 221626468
Report ID: 0950631
Project type: C
Construction end-use: M

Event description

Employee suffers fatality due to failed shoring of trench

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on December 20, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a general contractor. Employee #1 was installing wood paneling in order to pour concrete for a sewer line manhole. Employee #1 was in a 15-foot-deep trench, in a section that was 7 feet wide and 7 feet long in a shape of a box. A shoring system had been installed. The trench was accessed through an extension ladder. Employee #1 was in the trench with another coworker, both were equipped with hard hats and safety vests. A section of the shoring system failed allowing a large rock to fall and strike Employee #1 in the head and neck area. Employee #1 succumbed to his injuries leading to his fatality.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

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