Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 177283.015 - Employee is buried by trench cave-in and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 177283.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/31/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1785575.015	10/31/2024		561730	Landscapes Unlimited Holding Company

Abstract: At 3:37 p.m. on October 31, 2024, three employees were installing a drainage system at a golf course development in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The work included excavating trenches to install 20-foot long by 12-inch diameter corrugated pipes and placing a tracer wire. Earlier rain had saturated the soil. While one employee entered an unprotected trench to install the tracer wire, a section of the south wall of the trench collapsed, burying the employee and causing a fatality.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Buried, Cave-In, Installing, Struck Against, Struck By, Trench

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1785575.015	45	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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