OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221740350

VSC MANAGEMENT LLC

HOUSTON, TX— 2025-02-05T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Cave-In, Chest, Concrete Pipe, Construction, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Excavation, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pipe, Replace, Replacing, Residential Construction, Soil, Trench, Trench Box, Undrgrd Installation, Unprotected, Unstable Soil, Wall, Work Surface
NAICS: 531110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348025347
Employer profile: VSC MANAGEMENT LLC
Summary number: 221740350
Report ID: 0626700
Project type: C
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee sustains fatal injuries while working inside excava

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on February 5, 2025, Employee #1 was working inside an excavation replacing a concrete pipe with a PVC pipe when the wall of the excavation caved in. The excavation was over 5 feet in depth and there was no protective system in use. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
2

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