OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221555915

GRANDPAW'S TOOL SHED RENTAL, INC.

RANGER, TX— 2023-04-17T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Crushed, Head, Highway Shoulder, Loading, Pinned, Tips Over, Trailer
NAICS: 532490
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346642390
Employer profile: GRANDPAW'S TOOL SHED RENTAL, INC.
Summary number: 221555915
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by aerial lift

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 p.m. on April 17, 2023, Employee #1 was loading a tracked aerial lift onto a trailer, when the basket of the lift became lodged on the pavement of the shoulder of the highway. Employee #1 walked to the side of the lift, and the equipment tipped over and pinned Employee #1 between the lift and the ground. The employee was killed due to multiple blunt force injuries of the head and extremities.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
1

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