OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221645757

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

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
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221645757
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee dies of asphyxia when caught in trench collapse

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
14

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