OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221509979

SKYLAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.

RUSTON, LA— 2022-10-31T00:00:00

Event: Collapse, Drain Pipe, Engulfed, Excavation, Sewer, Trench, Trench Box
NAICS: 237990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346317662
Employer profile: SKYLAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number: 221509979
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: C
Construction end-use: N

Event description

Employee is killed in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on October 31, 2022, an employee was working on a sewer pipe inside an eight-foot deep trench when the trench wall collapsed. The employee was engulfed waist deep in dirt and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
7010

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