OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382450

WESTEC CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPANY

CASTLE ROCK, CO· 2021-08-17T00:00:00

Event: Crushed, Crushing, Electric Switch, Falling Object, Material Handling, Switchgear, Truck
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345482749
Employer profile: WESTEC CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Summary number: 221382450
Report ID: 0830600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is crushed and killed by falling electric switch ge

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on August 17, 2021, an employee assisted with the unloading of an electric switch gear (weighing fifteen-hundred-pounds) from a delivery truck. During the process, the switch gear fell onto the employee, who was killed due to crush injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
865

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