OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221703796
WASATCH ELECTRIC, LLC
EAGLE, ID—
Event description
Employee is killed when struck and decapitated under trailer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on September 21, 2024, an employee was using a winch bar to push in a stuck air-actuated steel pin on an expandable trailer bed. While the employee was working under the trailer inside a shear point, a coworker drove the truck in reverse, causing the shear point within the trailer's undercarriage to catch the employee's head, resulting in decapitation. The employee died at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 7055
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