OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221736218

67685 - JUSTIN BAKER

VERSAILLES, KY— 2025-01-17T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Attachment, Back, Digging, Falling Object, Farm, Fence, Hammer, Inattention, Installing, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinned, Skid Steer loader, Struck Against, Struck By, Support Posts, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347991747
Employer profile: 67685 - JUSTIN BAKER
Summary number: 221736218
Report ID: 0452110

Event description

Employee is fatally injured when struck by falling hammer

Investigation abstract

At 1:04 p.m. on January 17, 2025, Employee #1 was working for a fencing causing fatal injuries. contractor and was working with a crew onsite installing new fence post on a client farm. The employee was working with three coworkers including the owner. The crew was utilizing a extreme driver attachment on the John Deer skid steer. Employee #1 was leveling a fence post to finish driving it into the ground while a coworker controlled the extreme driver. While leveling the fence post, Employee #1 had his back turned from the operation. The posts shifted and snapped the brackets on the driver. The weight of the driver caused the hammer to fall toward Employee #1, striking and pinning him under the equipment,

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
999

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