OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221645757

LAWSON BONET CONSTRUCTION, INC.

HAMMOND, LA· 2024-02-28T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Chest, Collapse, Construction, Excavation, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Pipelayer, Site Preparation, Sloping, Soil, Trench, Trench Box, Undrgrd Installation, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface, Water Pipe
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347315228
Employer profile: LAWSON BONET CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221645757
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee dies of asphyxia when caught in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

At 12:15 p.m. on February 28, 2024, an employee working for a site preparation contractor was laying a gravity-fed sewer pipe in an 11-foot-deep trench. While laying an 8-foot section of the pipe, the trench sidewall collapsed burying employee chest deep. The employee died from asphyxia due to the pressure on his chest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
14

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