Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221733918

COWAN GROUP ENGINEERING

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Crushed, Head, Helmet, Overturn, Roll, Roll-Over, Rolled, Seat Belt, Tip, Tips Over, Traumatic Brain Injury, Vehicle
NAICS
541330
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347975211
Employer profile
COWAN GROUP ENGINEERING
Summary number
221733918
Report ID
0627700

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed in overturned side-by-side v

Investigation abstract

At 10:18 a.m. on January 7, 2025, Employee #1 was operating a side-by-side utility vehicle on a paved rural highway with a coworker. The employees were enroute to load the vehicle for transport. Employee #1 was not wearing a helmet and was not secured by a seatbelt. During the operation, the side-by-side overturned onto its side, confining Employee #1 beneath the vehicle. He sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7052

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