Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382849

PRECISION ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING, INC.

Event
Cardiac Arrest, Conduit, Excavator, Fence, Fracture, Guide, Leg, Operator, Road Paving, Tripped, Undrgrd Power Line
NAICS
236220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345485205
Employer profile
PRECISION ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING, INC.
Summary number
221382849
Report ID
0522300
Project type
A
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee fractures leg, incurs cardiac arrest, and later die

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 p.m. on August 16, 2021, an employee assisted an excavator operator to move a section of fencing from a driveway that was scheduled to be paved. While guiding a twelve-foot section of fencing held in the excavator bucket, the employee tripped over a section of electrical wiring and conduit sticking out of the ground. The employee fell and received a leg fracture and other unspecified leg injuries and taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment. Later that day, the employee went into cardiac arrest and died from complications caused by the leg injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Event type
    14
    Fall distance
    0

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