OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221709488

HOXIE FEEDYARD LLC

HOXIE, KS— 2024-10-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boom, Bucket, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Debris, Demolish, Demolition, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Flying Object, Hydraulic Equipment, Landscaper, Landscaping, Machine operator, Operator, Struck By, Training, Tree, Tree Branch, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Unguarded
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347815433
Employer profile: HOXIE FEEDYARD LLC
Summary number: 221709488
Report ID: 0729700
Project type: D

Event description

Employee dies of chest trauma when struck by branch that sna

Investigation abstract

At 12:10 p.m. on October 11, 2024, an employee was working as a heavy equipment operator for a landscape contractor. The employee was using a Caterpillar 330D L Hydraulic Excavator boom and bucket to uproot trees and remove tree debris into a debris pile along a fence line. A 25-foot by 12-inch branch snapped and pierced the windshield of the excavator entering the operator cab. The branch struck the employee and killed him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
853

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