OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221444896

BIG AND SMALL CONSTRUCTION, LLC

MADISON, SD· 2021-11-13T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Back, Building, Caught Between, Construction, Crushed, Installing, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Pinned, Scissor lift, Wall, Working Alone
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345831390
Employer profile: BIG AND SMALL CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number: 221444896
Report ID: 0830400
Project type: E
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed between lift and wall

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on November 13, 2021, an employee (Contractor) was installing house wrap with a pneumatic stapler over exterior sheathing on the first floor of a pre-fabricated house. The employee was found caught between the rails of the scissor lift and the house wall. The employee had been crushed and asphyxiated, which killed him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
2

Fall distance
8

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