OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221695638

DILLARD CONSTRUCTION, INC.

CLEVELAND, TN— 2024-08-22T00:00:00

Event: Collapse, Concrete Pipe, Construction, Crushed, Drain Pipe, Excavation, Hand Tool, Installing, Laborer, Material Handling, Pipe, Soil, Torso, Trench, Trench Box, Unstable Soil, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347710626
Employer profile: DILLARD CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221695638
Report ID: 0454713
Project type: A

Event description

Employee dies from crush injuries when caught in trench coll

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on August 22, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was working in a 9-foot deep by 5.5-feet wide by 34-foot-long trench. The employee was working on a crew that was installing an 18-inch concrete pipe for storm water drainage. The employee was using hand tools to moving gravel to grade to level the 18-inch concrete pipe in the trench. A wall of the trench collapsed crushing the employee under the falling soil. The employee died as a result of his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7010

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