OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221496060

EDNA COMPANY LUMBER, INC.

ATHENS, TX— 2022-09-10T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Boom, Caught Between, Chest, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346216021
Employer profile: EDNA COMPANY LUMBER, INC.
Summary number: 221496060
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee dies after being asphyxiated, crushed by boom lift

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on September 10, 2022, an employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when he was crushed by the boom of the lift. The employee died to due asphyxiation when the boom crushed him against the equipment.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 69 M

Event type
2

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.