Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 174035.015 - Employee sustains fatal injuries while working inside excava

Accident Summary Nr: 174035.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 02/05/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1802534.015	02/05/2025		531110	Vsc Management Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on February 5, 2025, Employee #1 was working inside an excavation replacing a concrete pipe with a PVC pipe when the wall of the excavation caved in. The excavation was over 5 feet in depth and there was no protective system in use. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught In, Cave-In, Chest, Concrete Pipe, Construction, Contusion, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Excavation, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pipe, Replace, Replacing, Residential Construction, Soil, Trench, Trench Box, Undrgrd Installation, Unprotected, Unstable Soil, Wall, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair				8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1802534.015	40	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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