Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.
State
FACE Reports: Trenching
The
following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
| Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/1/2023 | 2022CA003 | CA | Day laborer dies in a collapsed trench being dug to repair a sewer line - California. |
| 6/7/2019 | 2017MI127 | MI | Construction laborer died in trench wall collapse. |
| 1/16/2019 | 2014MI119 | MI | Construction owner died in trench wall collapse. |
| 10/23/2018 | 2015MI117 | MI | Construction laborer died in a trench wall collapse. |
| 10/1/2018 | 2016OR016 | OR | Construction worker killed when trench collapsed. |
| 5/31/2016 | 2015KY031 | KY | 19-year-old construction laborer crushed in trench collapse while laying sewage pipe. |
| 3/30/2016 | 2014MA003 | MA | Municipal foreman killed when struck by a backhoe loader outrigger while in an excavation - Massachusetts. |
| 1/17/2016 | 2016KY017 | KY | Construction laborer killed in trench collapse while taking grade measurements. |
| 10/28/2013 | 2012MI121 | MI | Pipefitter dies when excavation wall collapses, causing water tank to rotate and pin him against excavation wall. |
| 6/7/2013 | 2012CA004 | CA | A day laborer dies when he is buried in a trench collapse. |
| 9/14/2011 | 2007NY033 | NY | A plumber dies after the collapse of a trench wall. |
| 8/26/2009 | 2009CA002 | CA | Construction laborer dies after being crushed under a concrete patio foundation. |
| 6/9/2008 | 2006MI174 | MI | Hispanic laborer dies as a result of a trench collapse. |
| 8/1/2007 | 2006MI004 | MI | 29-Year old male Hispanic landscape laborer dies when nine foot deep trench collapses. |
| 8/4/2006 | 2005OR024 | OR | Excavation worker killed by flying rigging when hook fails. |
| 7/18/2006 | 2005CA002 | CA | A plumber died when the trench he was working in collapsed around him. |
| 11/5/2004 | 2003KY107 | KY | 38 Year-old construction laborer dies when trench walls collapse. |
| 10/8/1998 | 1998TX145 | TX | A pipe layer working in a trench for a general contractor in Texas, died when a trench wall gave way and he was fully engulfed in sand/dirt. |
| 12/6/1996 | 1996MN073 | MN | Construction worker dies after being buried in a trench that caved in. |
| 10/30/1996 | 1996MN059 | MN | Construction worker dies after being buried in a trench that caved in. |
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