OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221678022

DMCI GROUP

STAR VALLEY RANCH, WY· 2024-06-18T00:00:00

Event: Blade, Chest, Chipping, Construction, Equipment Operator, Laceration, Pulled In, Residential Construction, Torso, Tree Limb, Unguarded, Wood Chipper
NAICS: 236117
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347581175
Employer profile: DMCI GROUP
Summary number: 221678022
Report ID: 0855610
Project type: E

Event description

Employee feeding woodchipper dies when pulled into blades

Investigation abstract

At 1:34 p.m. on June 18, 2024, an employee working for a home builder was feeding tree limbs into a Bandit Wood Chipper. The limbs were with 15-foot to 20-foot-long and 4-inch to 8-inch in diameter. The employee was pulled into the woodchipper blades. The employee died from lacerations to his chest and torso.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
2

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