OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221672041

EQUIPMENT FINDERS, INC. OF TENNESSEE

MCMINNVILLE, TN· 2024-06-04T00:00:00

Event: Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Installing, Scissor lift, Trailer, Truck, Truck Driver, Unloading, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 532412
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347526717
Employer profile: EQUIPMENT FINDERS, INC. OF TENNESSEE
Summary number: 221672041
Report ID: 0454713
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee falls and hits head on basket rail, dies of head tr

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on June 4, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for an industrial equipment rental company was unloading a scissor lift from a trailer. The employee fell while standing in the lift basket and hit his head on the mid-rail guardrail. The employee died from the impact to the back of his head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
805

Fall distance
0

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