OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221545148

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

BIG ROCK, VA— 2023-03-09T00:00:00

Event: ATV, Caught Between, Fire, Fire Fighter, Overturn, Pinned, Roll-Over
NAICS: 115310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346560659
Employer profile: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Summary number: 221545148
Report ID: 0355110

Event description

Employee is killed when ATV overturns

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on March 9, 2023, an employee was fighting a forest wild fire, while riding an ATV. The ATV ran over two dead tree limbs on the ground and overturned. The employee was killed when pinned underneath the ATV.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7022

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