Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147123.015 - Employee is killed after being asphyxiated in excavation

Accident Summary Nr: 147123.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/18/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1603037.015	06/18/2022		238910	Roland Transportation Services

Abstract: At 3:25 p.m. on June 18, 2022, an employee was in an excavation in the process of repairing a 4-inch PVC sewer line. The sewer line was located at a the end of a shared residential driveway. After a coworker started up a mini-excavator, he noticed the interior trench wall of the excavation started sloughing. The employer told the employee to stay in the pothole area of the excavation. As the employee attempted to move in the direction towards the pothole area the wall collapsed. The employee was trapped, crushed and asphyxiated and died.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Collapse, Competent Person, Construction, Crushed, Excavation, Excavator, Lack of Engineering Controls, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Pipe, Plumbing, Residential Construction, Sewer, Struck By, Trapped, Trench, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair				13	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1603037.015	33	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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