OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221723224

PHILLIPS AND JORDAN, INCORPORATED

LABELLE, FL— 2024-12-03T00:00:00

Event: Auger, Auger Mechanism, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Catch Point, Caught By, Cleaning, Concrete, Concrete Mixer, Concrete Truck, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Energized, Engineering Controls, Fracture, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Pulled In
NAICS: 237990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347911570
Employer profile: PHILLIPS AND JORDAN, INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221723224
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee is killed when pulled into energized concrete mixer

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 a.m. on December 3, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was cleaning out a concrete mixer at the end of the shift. The employee was caught by the auger paddles and pulled into the mixer when it unexpectantly started. The employee died instantly from multiple blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
869

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