OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221636483

ROCK-IT SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

BONAIRE, GA· 2024-01-30T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Chest, Excavator, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laborer, Neck, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Wood Chipper
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347246209
Employer profile: ROCK-IT SAND & GRAVEL, INC.
Summary number: 221636483
Report ID: 0418100
Project type: E
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Falling tree results in one fatality and one injury

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on January 30, 2024, two employees (laborers) were moving limbs to the wood chipper. A tree was felled using an excavator. The tree fell in the direction of the woodchipper, approximately 90 feet from the base of the tree. Limbs from the tree broke off and struck the two laborers within the felling zone of the tree. EMS arrived and transported the employees to the ER. One employee suffered fatal blunt force trauma to the head, chest and neck area and was declared dead at 11:06 a.m. The second employee suffered a broken arm and was treated without hospitalization.

Victims (2)

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010
#2 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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