OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221475924

152247 - BRINDLE SITE SERVICES, INC.

ALBEMARLE, NC— 2022-07-05T00:00:00

Event: Caught In, Collapse, Dig, Engulfed, Excavator, Extension Ladder, Residential Construction, Sewer, Shovel, Suffocated, Trench, Trench Box, Trench Digger, Unguarded, Unstable Soil
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346060775
Employer profile: 152247 - BRINDLE SITE SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221475924
Report ID: 0453730

Event description

Employee is killed when trench collapses

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on July 5, 2022, two employees working at an undeveloped housing community were digging a trench to accommodate a sewer line for future homesites. While digging the trench with an excavator, Employee #1 was in the trench performing work with a shovel. The trench was 8.5 feet in depth and 36 inches wide. The soil was determined as Type C soil. There were no protective measures in place. The trench walls collapsed and according to the coworker, Employee #1 ran towards the excavator in the opposite direction of an extension ladder that had been placed for access. Employee #1 was fully covered by soil resulting in Employee #1's death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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