OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221646458

SMITH DIRT WORKS, INC

Name: OSHA Workplace Safety Incident Index
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

DUBUQUE, IA— 2024-03-01T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Clearing, Construction, Engulfed, Excavation, Excavator, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pipe, Sewer, Shovel, Soil, Struck By, Trench, Unstable Soil
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347321036
Employer profile: SMITH DIRT WORKS, INC
Summary number: 221646458
Report ID: 0751910
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies, is asphyxiated laying pipe when trench collap

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

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