OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221696321

Asphyxiated,Collapse,Crushed,Engineering Controls,Excavation,Falling Object,Installing,Laborer,Lack of Engineering Controls,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Pipeline,Sloping,Soil,Trench,Trench Box,Undrgrd Installation,Unstable Soil,Walking Surface,Work Surface

2024-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated,Collapse,Crushed,Engineering Controls,Excavation,Falling Object,Installing,Laborer,Lack of Engineering Controls,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Pipeline,Sloping,Soil,Trench,Trench Box,Undrgrd Installation,Unstable Soil,Walking Surface,Work Surface
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221696321
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee dies of asphyxia when trench wall collapses

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
7010

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