OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221696388

MINTZ CONCRETE INC.

LOS ANGELES, CA— 2024-08-27T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Barricade, Caught Between, Chest, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Construction vehicle, Contusion, Crushed, Drill Operator, Drill Rig--Non-Oil, Engineering Controls, Equipment Operator, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Piling, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Residential Construction, Skid Steer loader, Struck Against, Struck By, Torso, Work Surface
NAICS: 238110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347716391
Employer profile: MINTZ CONCRETE INC.
Summary number: 221696388
Report ID: 0950641
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies of multiple blunt trauma when crushed by pilin

Investigation abstract

At 10:10 a.m. on August 27, 2024, an employee working as an equipment operator for a structural concrete contractor was walking between a GEAX DTC80 piling rig (drilling equipment) and a dirt wall. A coworker operating the rig struck the employee, crushing him between the equipment and the wall. The employee died from multiple injuries including contusions and lacerations to his chest, torso and hands and asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7019

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