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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221614985

SPECIALIZED SERVICES, LLC

Event
Excavation, Excavator, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Landscaping, Road, Semi Tractor Trailer, Struck By, Tractor Trailer, Tractor--Truck
NAICS
237120
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347091191
Employer profile
SPECIALIZED SERVICES, LLC
Summary number
221614985
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee struck by semi-truck leads to fatality

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 pm, on November 1, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a landscaping contractor. Employee #1 and a coworker had driven to and stopped on the roadway shoulder, in the process of delivering a mini excavator. The mini excavator would be used for future debris clean-up work along the shoulder. Employee #1 removed the tie-down straps/chains that held the excavator to the trailer. As Employee #1 returned to the delivery vehicle/truck he was struck by a tractor-trailer that swerved off the road, leading to his fatality.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7020

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