OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221692320

JCE CONSTRUCTION LLC

TUSKEGEE, AL— 2024-08-09T00:00:00

Event: Brain, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Contusion, Head, Pulled In, Struck Against, Struck By, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347685984
Employer profile: JCE CONSTRUCTION LLC
Summary number: 221692320
Report ID: 0418600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: M

Event description

Employee dies when pulled by mulcher and striking head again

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on August 9, 2024, Employee #1 was winding up a yellow construction/tow strap around his right shoulder while working near a caterpillar skid steer with a mulching attachment operated by a coworker. The coworker was mulching brush and trees when the tail of the yellow construction/tow strap became caught in the mulcher. Employee #1 was pulled toward the mulcher and struck his head against the frame of the attachment. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was determined to have suffered a brain contusion and bleeding. He was later declared brain dead.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
6

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