OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458383

INSULATIONS, LLC

WESTLAKE, LA· 2022-04-27T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Attachment Hook, Chest, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Heater, Insulation, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Repair, Trailer, Unloading
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345926992
Employer profile: INSULATIONS, LLC
Summary number: 221458383
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee is killed, asphxiated by load that fell off trailer

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on April 27, 2022, an employee who worked as a Supervisor for an insulation contractor was unhooking a heater coffin from a trailer. The load fell off the vehicle and onto the employee, asphyxiating and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 65 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
503

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