OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386576

SOUTH EASTERN FIRE PROTECTION LABOR SERVICES, LLC

CROSSVILLE, TN· 2021-08-18T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Drug Overdose, Elevated Work Plat, Fire Ext System, Fire Extinguisher, Joist, Metal Rail, Neck, Pressure Piping, Repair
NAICS: 561311
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345503916
Employer profile: SOUTH EASTERN FIRE PROTECTION LABOR SERVICES, LLC
Summary number: 221386576
Report ID: 0454713
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed while elevating aerial lift

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 a.m. on August 18, 2021, an employee was replacing piping for the fire extinguishing system of a home and garden center. The employee was elevating an aerial lift when his neck was caught between the lift rail and a ceiling joist. The employee died of blunt force trauma to the neck combined with acute drug toxicity - fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and flubromazolam as determined by the medical examiner report.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7039

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