Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 143301.015 - Employee Is Killed In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 143301.015 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 01/29/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1575652.015	01/29/2022		Peterson Bros Construction Inc

At 10:00 a.m. on January 29, 2022, an employee worked in a seven-foot-deep trenc h to take measurements with a laser. While working a section of the trench wall collapsed, engulfed, and trapped the employee. The employee was killed by intern al injuries received.

Keywords: collapse, engulfed, internal injuries, trapped, trench, unstable soil, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1575652.015	23	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause:

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