OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221472590

BATTLEFIELD FARMS, INC.

RAPIDAN, VA— 2022-06-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Farm, Installing, Laceration, Loader Bucket, Torso, Wheel Loader
NAICS: 111422
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346038441
Employer profile: BATTLEFIELD FARMS, INC.
Summary number: 221472590
Report ID: 0355114
Project type: C
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee is killed after falling from raised bucket of loade

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on June 21, 2022, an employee was installing a corrugated metal roof on a trailer from the raised bucket of a Cat 926M Small Wheel Loader. The employee fell approximately 7 to 10 feet from the bucket to ground below. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to the torso and lacerations to his abdomen.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
567

Fall distance
7

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