OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221725880

CONNIGHT CONSTRUCTION LLC

LEES SUMMIT, MO— 2024-12-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Concrete, Concrete Form Work, Concussion, Construction, Construction vehicle, Driver, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Truck, Fracture, Head, Laborer, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Struck Against, Truck, Truck Driver
NAICS: 238110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347929473
Employer profile: CONNIGHT CONSTRUCTION LLC
Summary number: 221725880
Report ID: 0728500
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma when struck road in fall off

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on December 10, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a concrete contractor jumped on the back of a flatbed truck as his work crew was going to lunch. The coworker driving the truck pulled forward before shifting into reverse and then back into drive. When driver began going forward, the employee fell off the truck hitting his head on asphalt. The employee died from head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
5

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