OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221588940
JD EXCAVATION, INC
VERNON HILLS, IL—
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by ramps
Investigation abstract
At 6:30 a.m. on August 10, 2023, an employee, the owner of the company, was working alone and was offloading a Komastu PC228USLC - 8 excavator from a Trailboss trailer at a storage yard. After offloading the excavator, the employee was raising the ramps of the trailer into the travel position using chains connected to the bucket of the excavator. The employee exited the excavator to secure the ramps in the travel position. The chains connected to the ramps became dislodged causing them to fall and fatally crush him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 853
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