OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221736234

AZCO, INC.

RAVENNA, MI— 2025-01-16T00:00:00

Event: ATV, Asphyxiated, Building, Catch Point, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Driver, Driving, Equipment Operator, Hill, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Metal Pole, Motor Vehicle, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Seat, Slip, Slippery Surface, Slope, Sloping, Snow, Snow Covered, Snowy, Steel Tube, Support Posts, Towing, Trailer, Training, Trapped, Unstable Surface, Weather, Work Surface
NAICS: 237130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347992521
Employer profile: AZCO, INC.
Summary number: 221736234
Report ID: 0552651
Project type: A
Construction end-use: F

Event description

Employee is fatally injured when trapped between UTV and tor

Investigation abstract

At 1:54 p.m. on January 16, 2025, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a company that builds power and communications related structures. The employee was operating a Polaris Pro XD Mid-Size Gas Crew side-by-side (UTV) while pulling a trailer on a snow covered hill. The hill sloped down towards torque tubes that extended out past a final support post. The worker was operating the UTV while pulling a trailer. The snow caused the UTV to slide down the hill sideways and into a torque tube. The employee became trapped between the torque tube and the UTV seat. The employee was fatally injured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
869

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