OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221614365

AHS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC

OXFORD, MS· 2023-10-31T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket, Construction, Construction vehicle, Equipment Operator, Excavation, Excavator, Lack of Work Procedures, Residential Construction, Struck By, Torso, Trench
NAICS: 236210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347085961
Employer profile: AHS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC
Summary number: 221614365
Report ID: 0419400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee in trench is killed when struck by excavator bucket

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on October 31, 2023, an employee working for a construction contractor had entered a shallow trench. The employee was working between a prefabricated concrete manhole and an excavator bucket. The excavator bucket moved forward and struck the employee, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
1

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