OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382229

MMC MATERIALS, INC

DE KALB, MS· 2021-08-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Concrete Mixer, Concrete Truck, Concussion, Delivery Work, Driving, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Highway Shoulder, Road, Skull, Struck Against, Truck, Truck Driver
NAICS: 327320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345481600
Employer profile: MMC MATERIALS, INC
Summary number: 221382229
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee is killed in fall after hitting head leaving truck

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 a.m. on August 10, 2021, an employee was driving a concrete mixer truck and pulled onto the shoulder of the road to check the concrete prior to delivering the load to a bridge construction project site. The employee most likely fell while getting out of the truck. A coworker (Driver Trainee) was in the passenger seat but he did not see the employee fall. The employee fractured his skull and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
805

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