OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221551849

Air Pressure,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Compressed Air,Energized,Equipment Operator,Flying Object,Head,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Logger,Logging,Machine operator,Material Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Piston,Projectile,Repair,Skidder,Struck By,Tree Skidding

2023-03-29T00:00:00

Event: Air Pressure,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Compressed Air,Energized,Equipment Operator,Flying Object,Head,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Logger,Logging,Machine operator,Material Handling,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Piston,Projectile,Repair,Skidder,Struck By,Tree Skidding
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221551849
Report ID: 0523300

Event description

Employee is killed when struck in head by machine part

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
496

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