OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221516198

BAST HATFIELD CONSTRUCTION, LLC.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY— 2022-11-24T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Forks, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Severed, Spine, Struck By
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346356751
Employer profile: BAST HATFIELD CONSTRUCTION, LLC.
Summary number: 221516198
Report ID: 0213100
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 2:09 a.m. on November 24, 2022, an employee was climbing a ladder to access the worksite. As the employee was climbing, material was being raised by a telescopic handler. The forks of the handler tilted down and the material fell from the forks and struck the employee. The employee fell approximately 19 feet from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered a severed spinal cord which led to his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
567

Fall distance
19

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