OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221551286

OPERATION IRRIGATION INC

LEONARD, MI— 2022-10-30T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Chest, Excavation, Irrigation Equipment, Lack of oxygen, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Repair, Sprinkler, Stuck, Trench, Unresponsive, Work Surface
NAICS: 221310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346605777
Employer profile: OPERATION IRRIGATION INC
Summary number: 221551286
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee dies from asphxia while working in excavation

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 p.m. on October 30, 2022, an employee working for a water and irrigation system company was repairing an irrigation system at bottom of a narrow five foot deep hole. The employee was found unresponsive in the hole by the homeowner. Emergency personnel removed the employee from the hole and found him without a pulse and with dark blue skin coloration. The employee had become stuck in the hole and had died due to asphyxia at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
486

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