OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221704687

317737921 - NORTHWEST EARTHMOVERS INC

HILLSBORO, OR— 2024-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Crushed, Excavation, Fall, Falling Object, Manhole, Manhole Cover, Rigging, Struck Against, Struck By
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347777849
Employer profile: 317737921 - NORTHWEST EARTHMOVERS INC
Summary number: 221704687
Report ID: 1054111
Project type: A
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by falling manhole section

Investigation abstract

At 11:23 a.m. on September 24, 2024, Employee #1 was working inside a precast concrete manhole section that had been previously installed in an excavation. A second precast concrete manhole section, suspended above by rigging, came loose and fell approximately 9 feet. The falling load struck and fatally crushed the employee.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
866

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