OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221744816

76595 - WILEY EASTON CONSTRUCTION CO INC

PROSPERITY, SC— 2025-02-17T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Chest, Collapse, Construction, Crushed, Engulfed, Excavation, Falling Object, Head, Lubricating, Lubricating Fluid, Metal Pipe, Pipe, Soil, Trapped, Trench, Trench Box, Unstable Soil, Wall, Water Pipe
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348049933
Employer profile: 76595 - WILEY EASTON CONSTRUCTION CO INC
Summary number: 221744816
Report ID: 0454510

Event description

Employee is fatally injured inside trench, wall collapses

Investigation abstract

At 10:55 a.m. on February 17, 2025, Employee #1 was working in a 5.5-foot-wide by 7-foot-deep trench lubricating a water pipe for a water project. Employee #1 was tasked with preparing the water pipes so they could be connected. He kneeled down to lubricate a pipe when the right side of the trench collapsed trapping the employee. Employee #1 was fatally injured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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