Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221673304

156873 - PLOW UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Event
Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Lost Control, Road, Trench Digger, Unresponsive
NAICS
237130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347542201
Employer profile
156873 - PLOW UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number
221673304
Report ID
0453720

Event description

Employee is killed while operating Case 560 Trencher

Investigation abstract

At 2:31 p.m. on June 10, 2024, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was operating a Case 560 Trencher while traveling down a main road in a housing development. The road had an approximate 20% grade. While in transit from one job location to another, the employee lost control of the trencher and drove off the left side of the road, going over an embankment. The employee sustained fatal injuries in the incident and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 26 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    999

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