WBW Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 28, 2022 (fatal): Two employees leveling pipe are killed in trench collapse

At 8:30 a.m. on June 28, 2022, two employees were leveling a sewer pipe in a tre nch. The trench was approximately 23-feet deep and 34-inches wide with straight vertical walls and no protection system installed. The nearest means of egress f or the employees was approximately 132 feet from where they were working. A cowo rker (foreman) began cutting across the trench to dig a smaller trench (side cut ) for a joining pipe to be laid. The trench collapsed and the two employees that were crushed and killed. Three 8-foot by 24-foot trench boxes were available at the site but were not used. The foreman had chosen to work with vertical walls for the trench after he assessed the soil as being stable. The foreman had reque sted ladders the day before the collapse since they did not have enough ladders to install the trench boxes. The soil type results from the Salt Lake City Lab w ere Type B for all 3 soil samples gathered and the site and sent in for analysis . The afternoon before the trench collapse it rained and there was water in the bottom of the trench.

Incident on Jun 28, 2022 (fatal): Two employees are killed during trench collapse

At 9:30 a.m. on June 28, 2022, two employees were leveling sewer pipe in a trench. The two employees were in a trench that had a depth of approximately 23 feet deep and 34 inches wide, with no protection system. The trench had straight vertical walls. The closest mean of egress for the two employees was approximately 132 feet from where they were working. The foreman began cutting across the trench to dig a smaller trench (side cut) for joining pipe to be laid. The trench collapsed, and the two employees that were in the trench were killed. There were 3X trench boxes (8 foot x 24 foot) on site, but they were not used. The foreman chose to work with vertical walls for the trench due to his soil type determination of soil type being stable; additionally, he requested ladders the day before the collapse, as they did not have tall enough ladders to install the trench boxes. The soil type results from the Salt Lake City Lab were type B for all 3X soil samples gathered at the site and sent in for analysis. The afternoon before the trench collapse it did rain, and photos taken by the CSHO and police department revealed water in the bottom of the trench.