OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221560386

PRESTRESS SERVICES INDUSTRIES

DECATUR, IN— 2023-05-03T00:00:00

Event: Cable, Concrete, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Cutting, Equipment Operator, Flying Object, Laceration, Metal, Neck, Struck By, Torch cutting
NAICS: 238110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346677396
Employer profile: PRESTRESS SERVICES INDUSTRIES
Summary number: 221560386
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee dies from neck laceration while torch cutting cable

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on May 3, 2023, an employee working as a heavy equipment operator for a structural concrete contractor was cutting braided wire with a cutting torch. The wire came loose striking the employee and lacerating the left side of his neck, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7020

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