Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380389

CHESTNUT EVENT SERVICES

Event
Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Asphyxiated, Bucket, Chemical, Chest, Crushed, Crushing, Drum, Masonry Wall, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Pinned, Steel, Struck By, Tractor
NAICS
713110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345471205
Employer profile
CHESTNUT EVENT SERVICES
Summary number
221380389
Report ID
0215800

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by compact tractor

Investigation abstract

At 02:30 p.m. on August 05, 2021, an employee was directing a compact tractor driven by a coworker toward a building while transporting a 55-gallon drum of liquid chlorine. The coworker tipped the bucket instead of lowering it and the drum pinned the employee against a masonry wall. The coworker attempted to back away and inadvertently drove forward, striking the employee in the chest with front edge of the steel bucket, pinning the employee against the wall. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    843

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