OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221494487

HUNT STEEL LLC

LAS VEGAS, NV— 2022-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Back, Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Defective, Defective Equipment, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forklift, Forks, Hip, Inspecting, Lung, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Training
NAICS: 238120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346160435
Employer profile: HUNT STEEL LLC
Summary number: 221494487
Report ID: 0953220
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies after fall from unstable man basket

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on August 19, 2022, an employee was inspecting welds approximately 30 feet above the ground with a coworker. The man basket attachment they were standing in tipped off of the telehandler fork tines. Both the employee and the coworker (Investigation Summary 150171) fell approximately 30 feet as a result. The employee and coworker sustained serious injuries including internal bleeding within the heart and around the brain. On October 21, 2022, the employee died as a result of his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
30

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