OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221525181

CORONADO EXCAVATION OF SEWER AND WATER REPAIRS LLC

AURORA, CO— 2022-12-27T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Engulfed, Trench, Trench Box, Unstable Soil
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346409071
Employer profile: CORONADO EXCAVATION OF SEWER AND WATER REPAIRS LLC
Summary number: 221525181
Report ID: 0830600
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed in trench collapse

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on December 27, 2022, an employee was in a trench installing underground plumbing conduit when the trench walls collapsed and he was engulfed by soil. The employee died due to asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
2

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