Accident Report Detail

Accident: 144435.015 - Employee Is Killed In Trench Collapse

**Accident: 144435.015 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 11/23/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1582777.015	01/11/2022		C&R Works

At 4:30 p.m. on November 23, 2021, an employee worked in a five-foot deep trench when a section collapsed, and the employee was buried in the soil. The employee was killed by crushing injuries and asphyxiation.

Keywords: asphyxiated, buried, collapse, crushing, engulfed, trench, unstable soil

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1582777.015	22	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Backfilling and compacting FatCause:

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