The accident investigation below was opened on Sunday, November 19th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Port Jefferson Station, NY after learning of an incident at Don Antorino Sewer & Drain, Inc. which had occured on Saturday, November 18th 2017. A 60 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the employee caught in an excavation cave
Accident Date2017-11-18
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on November 18, 2017, an employee was standing at grade near the edge of the excavation guiding the crane bucket. The excavation collapsed and the employee was buried and died from asphyxiation.