Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on September 29, 1999, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working together at a residential construction site removing dirt for a basement to be constructed under the house. Both employees were in the process of installing a drainage panel on the open face of the excavation when some earth broke loose and buried both employees. Employee #1 was buried up to his waist and Employee #2 was buried up to his knees. Employee #1 was a laborer and Employee #2 was the foreman at the site. The house was located on a hillside that slopes steeply to the east. The accident occurred on the western side of the house, the deepest part of the excavation. The excavation face was approximately 9 ft 6 in. deep and approximately 35 ft long. There was no shoring being used at the time of the accident. Employee #1 was hospitalized and Employee #2 was treated and released.