OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221507304

CREATIVE GRANITE & DESIGN, LLC

SALT LAKE CITY, UT— 2022-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Rock, Struck By, Unloading, Unsecured, Windy
NAICS: 327991
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346299803
Employer profile: CREATIVE GRANITE & DESIGN, LLC
Summary number: 221507304
Report ID: 0854910
Project type: E
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Falling Quartz Slab

Investigation abstract

At 12:15 a.m. on October 22, 2022, an employee was attempting to move a slab of quartz from a 26 foot truck bed at a cut stone manufacturing facility. The truck bed contained two 500 lb slabs of quartz. A gust of wind caught the quartz slab which struck and knocked over the employee before landing on top of him. The employee was killed by crushing injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
715

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