Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 164575.015 - Employee dies of asphyxia when caught in trench collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 164575.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/28/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1731522.015	02/29/2024		238910	Lawson Bonet Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on February 28, 2024, an employee working for a site preparation contractor was laying a gravity-fed sewer pipe in an 11-foot-deep trench. While laying an 8-foot section of the pipe, the trench sidewall collapsed burying employee chest deep. The employee died from asphyxia due to the pressure on his chest.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Chest, Collapse, Construction, Excavation, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Pipelayer, Site Preparation , Sloping, Soil, Trench, Trench Box, Undrgrd Installation, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition			0		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1731522.015	53	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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