Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 154882.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by trench wall collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 154882.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 04/16/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1658692.015	04/16/2022		236115	Armando Lemus

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on April 16, 2022, an employee was digging in a approximately 10-foot deep trench with shovels and pick axes. The trench walls were unprotected and a wall collapsed on the employee. The employee was crushed and killed by the dirt and rocks.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Construction, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Engulfed, Excavation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Residential Construction, Rock, Torso, Trench, Trench Digger, Unstable Soil, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1658692.015	59	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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