OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221706872

TARSCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

NEDERLAND, TX— 2024-10-03T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Steel Plate
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347796898
Employer profile: TARSCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Summary number: 221706872
Report ID: 0626700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee falls from elevated work platform and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 8:35 a.m. on October 3, 2024, Employee #1 was working inside a double-sided shell buggy, a mobile supported elevated work platform, which was supported by a 10 by 41 feet carbon steel plate. The steel plate caved inward after components used to secure it had been removed prior to the employee traveling along it. This caused the buggy to fall to the ground with Employee #1 inside. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
783

Fall distance
90

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