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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375009

CARPENTER CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Event
Cardiac Arrest, Inspecting, Roller Conveyor, Truss, Unresponsive
NAICS
321214
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345440572
Employer profile
CARPENTER CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Summary number
221375009
Report ID
0420600

Event description

Employee dies while operating nip roller

Investigation abstract

At 4:45 p.m. on July 20, 2021, an employee had just finished his shift operating a nip roller machine which required him to observe the trusses for defects and watch them roll through the machine. The employee sat down and leaned over, drank water, vomited, then fell over and passed out. The employee could not be revived and was pronounced dead.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 49 M

    Event type
    12
    Occupation code
    779

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