OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422645

64552 - SOUTHERN PETROLEUM INC

SMITHFIELD, KY· 2021-12-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boom Truck, Ejected, Fracture, Material Handling, Neck, Roll-Over, Struck Against, Tank, Truck Driver, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface
NAICS: 454319
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345700256
Employer profile: 64552 - SOUTHERN PETROLEUM INC
Summary number: 221422645
Report ID: 0452110

Event description

Employee is killed when ejected from boom truck

Investigation abstract

At 2:35 p.m. on December 21, 2021, an employee was operating a boom truck to move a tank when the truck overturned. The employee was ejected and thrown to the ground fracturing his neck and killing him. There is no information regarding why the truck overturned in the narrative.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 68 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
999

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