OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221509391

MEDXCEL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC

TAWAS CITY, MI— 2022-10-27T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Blunt force trauma, Bucket, Caught Between, Head, Loader, Pinned, Pulmonary Edema, Skid Steer loader
NAICS: 622110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346313265
Employer profile: MEDXCEL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC
Summary number: 221509391
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned by skid steer loader

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on October 27, 2022, an employee was attempting to locate a fluid leak on a skid steer. With the bucket lifted so he could remove a bolt from a side panel, the employee attempted to exit the unit and was pinned between the left "A" pillar and the left loader lift arm of the bucket. The employee suffered severe head trauma, positional and compressive asphyxia and pulmonary edema. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
1

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