OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221488356

GOLDSTAR EXCAVATION AND SEWER

GREELEY, CO— 2022-08-13T00:00:00

Event: Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Head, Shoulder, Struck By, Trench, Trench Box, Trench Digger, Wall
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346148711
Employer profile: GOLDSTAR EXCAVATION AND SEWER
Summary number: 221488356
Report ID: 0830500
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

One employee is killed, one is injured in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on August 13, 2022, employee #1 was crouched down near the bottom of a trench while employee #2 was digging into the east wall of the trench. Employee #2 was using a drill with a spade shovel attachment to look for a utility line when a slab of asphalt that was lodged in the east wall was disturbed and came loose. The east wall of the trench caved in on the two employees. Employee #1 was struck in the head by the slab of asphalt, fatally injuring him. Employee #2 was struck in the shoulder causing him to go to the hospital, where he was treated and released.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 17 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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