OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221504871

TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC.

LODI, CA— 2022-09-26T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Concrete, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Head, Laboratory, Laceration, Struck Against, Testing, Testing Lab, Unwitnessed, Working Alone
NAICS: 541330
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346281447
Employer profile: TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC.
Summary number: 221504871
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee Dies From Head Injury Incurred During Fall

Investigation abstract

At 1:40 p.m. on September 26, 2022, an employee was working in an engineering test laboratory as a technician. The employee was performing a lab test using a hydrometer to determine soil particular size. At some point between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., the employee fell and struck the back of his head against the linoleum covered concrete floor. The employee was working alone and the incident was unwitnessed, although a coworker was working in the next room. The employee was found face down in a pool of blood with a head laceration by a coworker who called emergency services. The employee was transported to the emergency room, where he died from brain injury caused by the fall.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 74 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
214

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