OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221615313
MASTEC NORTH AMERICA, INC.
FREDERIC, WI·
Event description
Mini-loader bucket strikes employee in head, suffers unrelat
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 a.m. on November 11, 2023, Employee #1 was employed by power line into the dump bed. When the wooden spool left the bucket, the machine and bucket lowered, striking Employee #1 in the head. Employee # 1 was taken to a medical facility for medical treatment of a head laceration. While at the hospital, Employee # 1 had a personal medical event (heart attack) and died. contractor. Employee #1 and a coworker were utilizing a Ditch Witch compact loader to place an empty, wooden cable spool into a dump truck after performing surface restoration of an area that had fiber cable previously installed. The compact loader would not lift the spool high enough for it to be dumped into the dump bed and the front of the machine began to rise due to the weight of the wooden spool. Employee #1 exited the control deck of the compact loader and moved to its left side and the coworker moved to the right side of the machine. Both employees began to push the wooden spool from the compact loader's bucket
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Event type
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
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