Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431885

JACKPOT HARVESTING COMPANY, INC.

Event
Chain, Cut, Flying Object, Head, Laceration, Machine operator, Maintenance, Material Handling, Medical Condition, Medical History, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Struck By, Underlying Medical Condition
NAICS
115115
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345750517
Employer profile
JACKPOT HARVESTING COMPANY, INC.
Summary number
221431885
Report ID
0950643

Event description

Employee is struck in head by pallet, later dies of illness

Investigation abstract

On December 8, 2021, an employee was operating a harvesting machine spraying a chain when a coworker picked up an empty pallet and tossed it onto the chain belt. The employee was struck by the pallet on the right side of his head causing a superficial cut above his right ear. The employee received first aid at the jobsite, but was hospitalized five days after the accident. The employee later died of non-work related illness.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    479

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