OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221724628

JC INDUSTRIES SERVICES

OLLA, LA— 2024-12-06T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concussion, Construction, Face, Falling Object, Head, High Pressure, Maintenance, Painter, Painting, Repair, Struck By, Supervision, Tank, Unsafe Position, Water, Water Tank
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347921884
Employer profile: JC INDUSTRIES SERVICES
Summary number: 221724628
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: C
Construction end-use: K

Event description

Employee dies of blunt trauma when struck by high pressure w

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on December 6, 2024, an employee working as a painter for a building trades contractor was standing taking pictures of his crew removing bolts to open the manway of a water tower. The water tower was not drained and when the manway was opened the water spewed out in force striking the employee in the face and chest. The employee was thrown approximately 35 yards. The employee died from blunt force trauma to his chest and head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
579

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.