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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 118226.015 - One Employee Is Killed, Second Is Injured In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 118226.015 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 07/23/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1417434.015	07/23/2019		Digges Development Corporation

At 3:00 p.m. on July 23, 2019, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were installing pipe in an unsecured trench at a resident ial construction site. Employees #1 and #2 were in the trench when a sidewall c ollapsed, trapping both employees. Employee #1 was buried in the collapsed soil and killed by asphyxiation. Employee #2 was rescued and transported to the hos pital, admitted, and treated.

Keywords: asphyxiated, buried, collapse, excavation, laser, manhole, residential construction, respiratory, structural collapse, trench, unsecured, unstable soil, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1417434.015	16	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause:

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