OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221493117
WATSON OUTDOOR SERVICES, INC.
DELAND, FL—
Event description
Employee is found dead in personal vehicle after being hit b
Investigation abstract
On July 13, 2022, Employee #1 was working as the spotter for the crew leader Employee #1 leaning against the left side of the dump trailer and holding the wheel cover. Employee #1 informed the crew leader/operator that he had hit him with the trailer. The crew leader offered to take Employee #1 to the hospital, but Employee #1 refused. The crew leader offered some ice and first aid to Employee #1, and after that Employee #1 walked to his vehicle and then returned to the shop, where they both went inside the office to clock-out and got in their personal vehicles. Employee #1's timecard shows he clocked out at 4:18 p.m. The crew leader then departed and received a call from the owner a couple of hours later, informing him that Employee #1 had been found unresponsive and had died in his car. The employee died of complications from a left hip that operated the Bobcat skid-steer (model T590, serial: ALJU2993), with a heavy fracture. duty pallet fork attachment to lift up the trailer tongue and push back the Anderson black solid wall dump trailer that had been parked in the dirt driveway. Employee #1 waved his arm for the crew leader to back the trailer; then, went towards the back of the trailer out of the operator's sight. The crew leader/operator had lost sight of Employee #1 at some point, and then he stopped the skid steer and trailer movement. The crew leader/operator got off the skid steer and walked towards the left rear of the dump trailer, where he observed
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 869
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