Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 132462.015 - Employee Dies In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 132462.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 01/14/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1510383.015	01/15/2021		Saxe Structure Co Inc

At 12:00 p.m. on January 14, 2021, an employee worked in a trench to assist a co worker who was testing the soil. At some point, the trench collapsed behind the employee who, was buried up to the waist. The employee later died from their inj uries after rescue from the trench.

Keywords: buried, collapse, hip, trench, unstable soil

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition				8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1510383.015	59	M	Fatality		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause:

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