OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221486715

CON-METAL CONCRETE, LLC

PORT LAVACA, TX— 2022-08-06T00:00:00

Event: Access/Egress, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught In, Concrete Mixer, Concrete Truck, Drum, Head, Severed, Vessel--Container
NAICS: 327320
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346136054
Employer profile: CON-METAL CONCRETE, LLC
Summary number: 221486715
Report ID: 0626000

Event description

Employee is killed when caught between drum and chassis

Investigation abstract

At 2:15 p.m. on August 6, 2022, an employee was attempting to exit through the man-way of the drum vessel on a cement truck when the drum was activated. The vessel rotated while the employee's limbs were half-way out of the man-way. The employee suffered multiple body part amputations and a severed head, resulting in his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7004

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.