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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 134188.015 - Employee Is Killed In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 134188.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 03/22/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1520858.015	03/23/2021		Amerex Construction Llc

At 9:30 a.m. on March 22, 2021, an employee worked in an eight-foot deep trench to clean out a water drainage pipe with a coworker. At some point, the sidewall of the trench collapsed and buried the employee to the top of his head in the di rt and the employee was killed.

Keywords: buried, collapse, drain pipe, installing, trench, unstable soil

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	1520858.015	42	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause:

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