OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221500663

65453 - GEOTHERMAL EARTH WORKS INC

VERTREES, KY— 2022-09-29T00:00:00

Event: Attachment, Couplings, Crushed, Crushing, Disconnecting Means, Falling Object, Forks, Pinned, Skid Steer loader, Struck By
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346253743
Employer profile: 65453 - GEOTHERMAL EARTH WORKS INC
Summary number: 221500663
Report ID: 0452110

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by fork attachment

Investigation abstract

At 2:29 p.m. on September 29, 2022, an employee was standing under an elevated fork attachment on a skid steer when the loaded attachment unhooked from the quick disconnect coupler and fell on his back, pinning him against the cab opening of the skid steer. The employee was crushed and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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