OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380140

STAR WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC

HASLET, TX· 2021-08-09T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Asphyxiated, Basket, Caught Between, Contusion, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Unstable Position, Wall, Welder
NAICS: 332323
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345469449
Employer profile: STAR WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC
Summary number: 221380140
Report ID: 0636900
Project type: A
Construction end-use: Q

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed between lift and wall

Investigation abstract

At 1:12 p.m. on August 9, 2021, an employee was holding a welding curtain when he was caught between an aerial lift basket and the building wall. The employee was killed due to being crushed and asphyxiated.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
783

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