OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221508393

SKY COVER, LLC

BRYAN, TX— 2022-10-17T00:00:00

Event: Cleaning, Cover, Drown, Drowning, Excavation, Fall, Manhole, Sweeper, Unguarded
NAICS: 238190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346305170
Employer profile: SKY COVER, LLC
Summary number: 221508393
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee drowns in excavated hole

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on October 17, 2022, an employee was working, sweeping and cleaning around uncovered, five foot deep, excavated holes, that were 18 inches wide when he dropped his phone into one of the holes. The holes where partially filled with water due to rain that occurred the previous evening. The employee bent into the hole to retrieve it and fell in head first. The employee was unable to get himself out of the hole and drowned.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 1 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
7010

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