Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68342.015 - Two employees are killed when trench collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 68342.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 10/01/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
998237.015	10/01/2014		237990	Bednar Landscape Services, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on October 1, 2014, Employee #1 was using a hose attached to a sump/muck pump to suction mud and water from the floor of an 11 to 13 foot deep unprotected trench in the rear yard of the home. Employee #2, a foreman was working in front of the residential home. While working at the floor of an unprotected trench which was approximately 45 feet long by 4 feet wide by 11 to 12 feet deep, the West wall of the trench collapsed burying Employee #1. The foreman was alerted by another worker of an emergency. The Foreman, responding to worker calls for help, accessed the trench and a secondary collapse of the West wall buried the foreman. Both the Employee #1 and Employee #2 suffered from mechanical asphyxia as a result of dirt collapsing on top of them and were killed.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Asphyxiated, Caught In, Collapse, Crushing, Residential Construction, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	998237.015	39	M	Fatality		Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:
2	998237.015	46	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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