OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221539869

WMC SAN ANTONIO, LLC

SAN ANTONIO, TX— 2023-02-20T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Boom, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Head, Loading, Unsecured
NAICS: 331222
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346522436
Employer profile: WMC SAN ANTONIO, LLC
Summary number: 221539869
Report ID: 0625500

Event description

Employee is killed in fall off boom spreader

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on February 20, 2023, an employee was loading bundles of metal mesh. The employee was on top of a boom spreader, which was mounted on a forklift and not secured, when it slid off and fell from the top of a trailer low bed. The employee fell and was killed due to head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
843

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