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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391626

WEST INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Event
Caught Between, Door, Hand Tool, Sledgehammer, Struck Against, Trailer
NAICS
237310
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345531628
Employer profile
WEST INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number
221391626
Report ID
0627510

Event description

Employee is caught between closing belly doors and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee used a sledgehammer to pound on the belly doors of a sand hauling trailer to straighten them. At some point, the employee possibly struck an actuator that closed the belly doors, who was caught between the doors and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 57 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    516

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