OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221427719

CHURCH OF THE OPEN DOOR

GLENDORA, CA· 2021-12-05T00:00:00

Event: Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cart, Embankment, Golf Cart, Hand, Head, Inadequate Maint, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lost Control, Maintenance, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pavement, Road, Roll-Over, Sand, Struck Against
NAICS: 813110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345716138
Employer profile: CHURCH OF THE OPEN DOOR
Summary number: 221427719
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee rolls golf cart striking head on road, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on December 5, 2021, an employee was working alone operating a Club to a serious head injury. Car� DS Model golf cart. The cart was designed with a flatbed used for hauling materials. The employee was hauling a load of sand bags on the flatbed. The employee planned on using the sand bags to secure a fence on the property. The employee was driving the cart downhill on a paved road with the sand bags loaded on the the back when he lost control and ran into an embankment. The cart rolled over when it struck the embankment caused the employee to strike his head on the pavement. The employee was transported to the hospital by ambulance, where he was admitted from December 5, 2021 through December 23, 2021, when he died due

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
6

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