Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169632.015 - Employee dies of asphyxia when trench wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 169632.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 08/27/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1771597.015	08/27/2024		237110	Carmichael Development, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on August 27, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a water and sewer line contractor was working in a 27-foot-long by 14-foot-deep trench. Several feet of the trench were not protected by a trench box or sloping. The trench collapsed on the employee crushing him. The employee died from asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Excavation, Falling Object, Installing, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pipeline, Sloping, Soil, Trench, Trench Box, Undrgrd Installation, Unstable Soil, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1771597.015	61	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer

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