OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404189

ANDREW SPERL

GREELEY, CO· 2021-05-27T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Equipment Operator, Flying Object, Head, Hose, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Loader, Loading, Lost Control, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Trailer, Unstable Load, Water Hose
NAICS: 213112
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345594709
Employer profile: ANDREW SPERL
Summary number: 221404189
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by hose

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on May 27, 2021, an employee was operating a skid steer loading a spool of water hose onto a goose neck trailer when the spool started spinning out of control. The steel hose clamp connector broke through the back window and of the skid steer and struck the employee in the head, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Event type
1

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