Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221448459

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES

Event
Brain Bleed, Head, Motor Vehicle, Traffic Accident
NAICS
812220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345859706
Employer profile
CATHOLIC CEMETERIES
Summary number
221448459
Report ID
0521700

Event description

Employee dies after falling out of moving vehicle

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on March 21, 2022, Employee #1, a groundskeeper, was riding as a passenger in a utility vehicle, when his coworker, the driver, made a left turn and Employee #1 fell out of the moving vehicle. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital with a head injury. On March 25, 2022, Employee #1 died from a brain bleed at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 74 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    486

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