Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145638.015 - One employee is killed, one is injured in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 145638.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 04/21/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1591276.015	04/21/2022		237130	Bzr Power Division Llc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on April 21, 2022, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working in bottom of a trench connecting 6-inch conduit. The trench was 2 feet wide with vertical walls adjacent to sandy previously excavated soil. The trench depth was 4 feet to 6 feet. A full wall slab collapsed on the workers and covering their lower bodies. Employee #1 was killed due to being crushed and asphyxiated. Employee #2 was injured and was treated without hospitalization. The nature of the injury was not indicated in the original narrative.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Back, Chest, Conduit, Excavation, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Sand, Struck By, Supervision, Trench, Undrgrd Installation, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1591276.015	23	M	Fatality		Electrical Power-Line	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:
2	1591276.015	24	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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