OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221466386

HASS CO, LLC

HOUSTON, TX— 2022-05-31T00:00:00

Event: Boring Machine, Caught In, Excavation, Rotating Parts, Unguarded, Unguarded Live Parts
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345992762
Employer profile: HASS CO, LLC
Summary number: 221466386
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: E

Event description

Employee is killed when caught in boring machine

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2022, an employee was removing the lifting chains from a boring machine at the bottom of an excavation when he got caught in the exposed rotating parts of the machine. The employee suffered multiple injuries which resulted in his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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