OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221695547

ELITE GC LLC

ENID, OK— 2024-08-22T00:00:00

Event: Beam, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Crushed, Distracted, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Material Handling, Metal, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rigging, Sling, Steel, Steel Beam, Steel Erection, Steel Worker, Struck By, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Wrapping, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347710360
Employer profile: ELITE GC LLC
Summary number: 221695547
Report ID: 0627700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies when chest is crushed by falling steel beam

Investigation abstract

At 1:03 p.m. on August 22, 2024, an employee working as a steel worker for a construction contractor was wrapping a synthetic sling around a steel beam. A coworker operating a rough terrain forklift adjusted the forks stabilizing the beam in an upright position. This caused the beam to fall over onto the employee as he was wrapping the beam. The employee died from crushing injuries to his chest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7051

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