Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348031

MORGAN COUNTY CONCRETE CO., INC.

Event
HEART, HEAD, HEART ATTACK, DESCENDING, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, TRAILER, FACE, CONTUSION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#17407651
Employer profile
MORGAN COUNTY CONCRETE CO., INC.
Summary number
14348031
Report ID
418300

Event description

Employee dies after fall from truck trailer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was descending from the top of a Fruehauf OMJ-425003 truck trailer, which was 10 ft 8 in. high. Employee #1 fell, sustaining bruises and cuts about the face, head, and back. He died. The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart; the e mployee's death was probably caused by a heart attack.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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