Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162411.015 - Employee dies after being buried by collapsed trench wall

Accident Summary Nr: 162411.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/11/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1716316.015	12/11/2023		562991	Timothy Bass Inc.

Abstract: At 2:51 p.m. on December 11, 2023, an employee working for a septic tank service was trying to take an elevation measurement of a trench when the trench wall collapsed. The employee was buried by the heavy soil and died.

Keywords: Buried, Collapse, Construction, Excavation, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overpressure, Protective Clothing, Residential Construction, Soil, Trench, Unstable Soil

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1716316.015	57	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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