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Accident Summary Nr: 177283.015 - Employee is buried by trench cave-in and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 177283.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/31/2024
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1785575.01510/31/2024561730Landscapes Unlimited Holding Company

Abstract: At 3:37 p.m. on October 31, 2024, three employees were installing a drainage system at a golf course development in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The work included excavating trenches to install 20-foot long by 12-inch diameter corrugated pipes and placing a tracer wire. Earlier rain had saturated the soil. While one employee entered an unprotected trench to install the tracer wire, a section of the south wall of the trench collapsed, burying the employee and causing a fatality.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Buried, Cave-In, Installing, Struck Against, Struck By, Trench
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other heavy construction New project or new addition   X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Construction
1 1785575.015 45 M Fatality Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Excavation
Fatality Cause:

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