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Accident: 131877.015 - Employee Is Killed When Trench Wall Collapses
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1507528.015 | 12/18/2020 | Balance Site Inc |
At 1:00 p.m. on December 18, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a con struction company, were engaged in site preparation for a planned multifamily re sidential structure. The coworker was operating an excavator and digging a tren ch where a sewer pipe was being removed. Employee #1 was spotting for his cowor ker. For no apparent reason, Employee #1 entered the trench, which was not prot ected from collapse. His coworker subsequently stated that he told Employee #1 to get out of the trench. As Employee #1 moved toward a ladder to exit the tren ch, a trench wall collapsed. Employee #1 was buried in approximately 8 feet of dirt. It took approximately 20 minutes for his coworker and others to extricate Employee #1 from the trench. CPR was performed unsuccessfully. Employee #1 wa s killed by asphyxia.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | X | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1507528.015 | 43 | M | Fatality | Helpers, construction trades | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: |